(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