(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) According to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, gas prices are three cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.31 per gallon.
Travelers on Labor Day weekend faced the highest gas prices ever during this time of year as the national average went to $4.15.
That average increased six cents over the past week.
The continued volatility in the Strait of Hormuz pushed crude oil prices to a price of over $90 per barrel.
This past Labor Day weekend set a record at the pump after a record-setting August.
The national average has never been above a price of $4 per gallon on Labor Day.
The current record for Labor Day is $3.82, which was set on September 3, 2012.
Even though gasoline demand decreases at this time of year to typically bring down gas prices, this year is different because of the high cost of crude oil.
The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Beaver County is around $4.39.
According to a release courtesy of AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:
$4.291 Altoona
$4.393 Beaver
$4.271 Bradford
$4.123 Brookville
$4.389 Butler
$4.125 Clarion
$4.336 DuBois
$4.272 Erie
$4.356 Greensburg
$4.339 Indiana
$4.405 Jeannette
$4.393 Kittanning
$4.395 Latrobe
$4.234 Meadville
$4.298 Mercer
$4.227 New Castle
$4.300 New Kensington
$4.399 Oil City
$4.357 Pittsburgh
$4.056 Sharon
$4.427 Uniontown
$4.300 Warren
$4.345 Washington
