Gas prices take a dip in Western Pennsylvania as the New Year approaches

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, file photo, a woman pumps gas at a convenience store in Pittsburgh. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday, March 15, 2020, that gas prices could continue to fall as demand shrinks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are five cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at around $3.38 per gallon, that’s according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The report states that last week in Western Pennsylvania, the price was around $3.42 per gallon and at this week last year, at a price of around $3.44 per gallon. The report also notes that the average price that you can expect for an unleaded gallon of gas here in Beaver County is about $3.44.

According to the report, here is some areas in Pennsylvania and their prices for a gallon of unleaded gasoline:

$3.319      Altoona
$3.435      Beaver
$3.537      Bradford
$3.280      Brookville
$3.454      Butler
$3.357      Clarion
$3.385      DuBois
$3.369      Erie
$3.379      Greensburg
$3.405      Indiana
$3.416      Jeannette
$3.468      Kittanning
$3.406      Latrobe
$3.345      Meadville
$3.484      Mercer
$3.184      New Castle
$3.370      New Kensington
$3.434      Oil City
$3.351      Pittsburgh

$3.172      Sharon
$3.359      Uniontown
$3.501      Warren
$3.298      Washington