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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are five cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.62 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline dropped 14 cents over the past week to $4.16.

Crude oil prices are presently below $100 per barrel, and pump prices are reflecting this decline.

The national average for gas is 23 cents less than a month ago but $1.13 more than a year ago. 

The average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.72.

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

$4.492      Altoona
$4.717      Beaver
$4.614      Bradford
$4.398      Brookville
$4.693      Butler
$4.447      Clarion
$4.486      DuBois
$4.636      Erie
$4.664      Greensburg
$4.568      Indiana
$4.647      Jeannette
$4.671      Kittanning
$4.664      Latrobe
$4.649      Meadville
$4.643      Mercer
$4.647      New Castle
$4.650      New Kensington
$4.729      Oil City
$4.666      Pittsburgh
$4.649      Sharon
$4.710      Uniontown
$4.689      Warren
$4.624      Washington