(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are 13 cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.01 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

Gas prices are increasing again, as the situation between the U.S. and Iran is still uncertain.

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is up by eight cents over the past week to $3.87 after it steadily dropped since late May.

Crude oil prices are now over $70 per barrel as volatility is lingering along the Strait of Hormuz.

Prices are still lower than they were in the spring, which was when the national average peaked at $4.56 on May 21st.

The national average for a gallon of regular gas is 21 cents less than a month ago and 72 cents more than a year ago.

The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.27.

According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, the average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various areas:

$3.802      Altoona
$4.274      Beaver
$4.083      Bradford
$3.877      Brookville
$4.195      Butler
$3.964      Clarion
$3.870      DuBois
$3.789      Erie
$3.852      Greensburg
$3.990      Indiana
$3.797      Jeannette
$4.182      Kittanning
$3.965      Latrobe
$3.992      Meadville
$3.967      Mercer
$4.151      New Castle
$4.216      New Kensington
$4.186      Oil City
$4.318      Pittsburgh
$3.543      Sharon
$4.347      Uniontown
$3.774      Warren
$4.181      Washington