PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA) – AAA reports that gas prices in western Pennsylvania are continuing to rise.
Prices are one cent higher this week at $3.251 per gallon.
Gas prices averaged $3.240 last week, and $2.354 during this week last year.
The price increase reflects the price of crude oil, which is at its highest price since October 2018, coming in at $71 per barrel.
This price is now $23 per barrel more expensive than it was this past January.
Motorists are seeing the impact at the gas pumps as they are paying 37% more, on average, to fill up their cars from the start of the year.
That national gas price is at $3,.08, which is up three cents from last week.
Here are the average gas prices in the area:
$3.155 Altoona
$3.256 Beaver
$3.257 Bradford
$3.255 Brookville
$3.257 Butler
$3.269 Clarion
$3.245 DuBois
$3.253 Erie
$3.254 Greensburg
$3.257 Indiana
$3.254 Jeannette
$3.253 Kittanning
$3.257 Latrobe
$3.243 Meadville
$3.267 Mercer
$3.228 New Castle
$3.265 New Kensington
$3.259 Oil City
$3.252 Pittsburgh
$3.255 Sharon
$3.272 Uniontown
$3.259 Warren
$3.244 Washington
