(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are nine cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.31 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The month of February is bringing gas prices that are slightly higher as the national average for a gallon of regular gas is $2.90, which is up three cents from last week. The demand for gasoline is down because fewer drivers traveled on the road during the recent winter storms. The report states that the average price for a gallon of gas in Western Pennsylvania at this time a year ago was around $3.53 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $3.32. According to a release from 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: 

$3.342      Altoona
$3.323      Beaver
$3.394      Bradford
$2.992      Brookville
$3.324      Butler
$3.230      Clarion
$3.290      DuBois
$3.347      Erie
$3.370      Greensburg
$3.347      Indiana
$3.375      Jeannette
$3.339      Kittanning
$3.386      Latrobe
$3.383      Meadville
$3.390      Mercer
$3.165      New Castle
$3.315      New Kensington
$3.393      Oil City
$3.263      Pittsburgh
$3.061      Sharon
$3.373      Uniontown
$3.299      Warren
$3.305      Washington