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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are three cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.16 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

After a week of falling prices, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is back on the rise, and it is now $4.06.

That average is five cents higher than last week.  

Crude oil prices are in the range of $80 per barrel again amid the continued uncertainty along the Strait of Hormuz.

Even though demand for gasoline is down, prices of crude oil are keeping prices at the pump higher than normal for this time of the year.  

This is the highest August on record so far when it comes to the national average for gasoline.

The average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Beaver County is about $4.29. 

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:

$4.143      Altoona
$4.293      Beaver
$4.213      Bradford
$3.888      Brookville
$4.300      Butler
$3.957      Clarion
$4.077      DuBois
$4.173      Erie
$4.197      Greensburg
$4.108      Indiana
$4.224      Jeannette
$4.202      Kittanning
$4.236      Latrobe
$4.172      Meadville
$4.305      Mercer
$4.164      New Castle
$4.255      New Kensington
$4.239      Oil City
$4.228      Pittsburgh
$3.772      Sharon
$4.130      Uniontown
$4.271      Warren
$4.141      Washington