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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are a penny higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.185 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has been falling over the past few days and is now a penny more than last week at $4.12. The last time the national average was over $4 per gallon was in early August of 2022. Crude oil prices remain high, even as they have fluctuated in recent days after the announcement of a 2-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. The price for a barrel of crude oil dropped below $100 but then rose again, which highlights the volatility of oil markets and fluidity of geopolitical events. The report states that the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Western Pennsylvania at this time a year ago was around $3.60 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.20. 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:

$4.178      Altoona
$4.199      Beaver
$4.125      Bradford
$3.918      Brookville
$4.141      Butler
$4.188      Clarion
$4.165      DuBois
$4.333      Erie
$4.160      Greensburg
$4.191      Indiana
$4.215      Jeannette
$4.179      Kittanning
$4.178      Latrobe
$4.388      Meadville
$4.217      Mercer
$4.107      New Castle
$4.171      New Kensington
$4.197      Oil City
$4.179      Pittsburgh
$4.099      Sharon
$4.187      Uniontown
$4.399      Warren
$4.148      Washington