It's  Monday, which means it's time to take at trip across the US of A and  check out how much pain there is at the pump. Unfortunately, the overall  picture is higher cost which has been ticking up since the 4th of July.

In  our weekly National Snapshot, we look at a select city in all 50 states  as well as the District of Columbia. The current trend shows that  instead of easing, the pain may be increasing.

Here in the Cornfield, gas costs ranged from $3.27 up 31 cents in the state capitol of Indianapolis to $3.39 up 16 cents in Terre Haute and $3.38 up 9 cents in the Cornfield.

What I found is that in 11 locations the price of gas was down compared to Thursday when it was 17. This was offset by 33 locations that saw cost going up compared to just 20 on Thursday. That means in 6 locations the pump reading was unchanged.

The current national average gas cost is $3.41.4 up 4 cents. Oil per barrel is up to $84.82 or about $2 per barrel.

To compare today's findings with Monday's: http://marksden.com/blog/blog2.php/national-gas-prices-a-snapshot-17

To compare today's findings with Thursday's special report: http://marksden.com/blog/blog2.php/national-gas-prices-a-snapshot-18

Once more we turn to the good folks at GasBuddy.com to get an idea what happened with gas costs over the past week.

Montgomery, Alabama: $2.89 up 6 cents per gallon
Anchorage, Alaska: $3.84 down 6 cents per gallon
Phoenix, Arizona: $3.14 down 9 cents per gallon
Little Rock, Arkansas: $2.95 up 4 cents per gallon
Los Angeles, California: $3.43 unchanged per gallon
Denver, Colorado: $3.38 up 6 cents per gallon
Hartford, Connecticutt: $3.41 unchanged per gallon
Wilmington, Delaware: $3.28 up 8 cents per gallon
Orlando, Florida: $2.99 up 7 cents per gallon
Atlanta, Georgia: $3.09 up 15 cents per gallon
Honolulu, Hawaii: $3.84 unchanged per gallon
Boise, Idaho: $3.41 down 8 cents per gallon
Peoria, Illinois: $3.35 up 15 cents per gallon
Indianapolis, Indiana: $3.27 up 31 cents per gallon
Des Moines, Iowa: $3.18 up 9 cents per gallon
Topeka, Kansas: $3.15 up 7 cents per gallon
Lexington, Kentucky: $3.08 up 12 cents per gallon
New Orleans, Louisiana: $2.93 up 12 cents per gallon
Bangor, Maine: $3.28 up 7 cents per gallon
Baltimore, Maryland: $3.15 up 2 cents per gallon
Boston, Massachusetts: $3.19 unchanged per gallon
Grand Rapids, Michigan: $3.32 up 20 cents per gallon
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: $3.39 up 18 cents per gallon
Jackson, Mississippi: $2.82 up 1 cents per gallon
St. Louis, Missouri: $3.09 up 12 cents per gallon
Billings, Montana: $3.39 down 3 cents per gallon
Omaha, Nebraska: $3.29 up 13 cents per gallon
Las Vegas, Nevada: $3.25 down 4 cents per gallon
Manchester, New Hampshire: $3.25 up 3 cents per gallon
Trenton, New Jersey: $3.17 up 3 cents per gallon
Albuquerque, New Mexico: $3.08 unchanged per gallon
Long Island, New York: $3.49 up 10 cents per gallon
Raleigh, North Carolina: $3.06 up 1 cent per gallon
Fargo, North Dakota: $3.29 up 1 cent per gallon
Columbus, Ohio: $3.27 up 23 cents per gallon
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: $3.08 up 12 cents per gallon
Portland, Oregon: $3.27 down 7 cents per gallon
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: $3.12 up 6 cents per gallon
Providence, Rhode Island: $3.30 unchanged per gallon
Columbia, South Carolina: $2.85 up 10 cents per gallon
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: $3.27 up 1 cent per gallon
Nashville, Tennessee: $2.94 up 5 cents per gallon
Dallas, Texas: $3.05 up 7 cents per gallon
Salt Lake City, Utah: $3.32 down 6 cents per gallon
Burlington, Vermont: $3.52 down 3 cents per gallon
Richmond, Virginia: $2.97 up 5 cents per gallon
Seattle, Washington: $3.17 down 11 cents per gallon
Washington, District of Columbia: $3.25 down 1 cent per gallon
Charleston, West Virginia: $3.29 down 6 cents per gallon
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: $3.34 up 19 cents per gallon
Cheyenne, Wyoming: $3.14 down 6 cents per gallon

From the Cornfield, we will continue to monitor gas prices each week up until the November presidential election as whatever the pain at the  pump it could impact whether Americans turn out for President Barack  Obama or presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.