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. By far across the nation  pain at the pump is still intense for many.

In our weekly  National Snapshot, we look at a select city in all 50 states as well as  the District of Columbia. The powers-that-be still are saying costs will  go down as the industry switches over from summer grade to winter grade mixtures.

Here in the Cornfield, gas costs ranged from $3.69 up 18 cents in the state capitol of Indianapolis to $3.82 down 2 cents in Terre Haute and $3.83 down 3 cents in the Cornfield.

What I found is that in 7 locations the price of gas was down compared to last week when it was 12. Those seeing an increase were 40  locations compared to 33 last Monday. That means in 4 locations the pump  reading was unchanged compared to 6 last week.

The current national average gas cost is $3.86 up 3.7 cents. Oil per barrel is $96.15 up $3.04 per barrel.

To compare today's findings with last Monday's:

http://fromthecornfield.com/blog1.php/national-gas-prices-a-snapshot-5

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: $3.55 up 3 cents per gallon
Anchorage, Alaska: $3.78 unchanged per gallon
Phoenix, Arizona: $3.57 up 8 cents per gallon
Little Rock, Arkansas: $3.43 up 8 cents per gallon
Los Angeles, California: $3.91 down 1 cent per gallon
Denver, Colorado: $3.49 up 12 cent per gallon
Hartford, Connecticutt: $3.89 up 7 cents per gallon
Wilmington, Delaware: $3.75 up 8 cents per gallon
Orlando, Florida: $3.59 up 3 cents per gallon
Atlanta, Georgia: $3.57 down 9 cents per gallon
Honolulu, Hawaii: $4.16 up 7 cents per gallon
Boise, Idaho: $3.68 up 9 cents per gallon
Peoria, Illinois: $3.78 up 5 cents per gallon
Indianapolis, Indiana: $3.69 up 18 cents per gallon
Des Moines, Iowa: $3.67 up 8 cents per gallon
Topeka, Kansas: $3.69 up 10 cents per gallon
Lexington, Kentucky: $3.76 up 12 cents per gallon
New Orleans, Louisiana: $3.54 up 3 cents per gallon
Bangor, Maine: $3.93 up 9 cents per gallon
Baltimore, Maryland: $3.63 up 3 cents per gallon
Boston, Massachusetts: $3.77 up 12 cents per gallon
Grand Rapids, Michigan: $3.82 up 14 cents per gallon
Minneapolis, Minnesota: $3.79 up 4 cents per gallon
Jackson, Mississippi: $3.40 up 13 cents per gallon
St. Louis, Missouri: $3.57 unchanged per gallon
Billings, Montana: $3.63 up 3 cents per gallon
Omaha, Nebraska: $3.65 down 14 cents per gallon
Las Vegas, Nevada: $3.57 up 1 cent per gallon
Manchester, New Hampshire: $3.79 up 16 cents per gallon
Trenton, New Jersey: $3.69 up 11 cents per gallon
Albuquerque, New Mexico: $3.48 up 4 cents per gallon
Long Island, New York: $3.87 unchanged per gallon
Raleigh, North Carolina: $3.65 up 4 cents per gallon
Fargo, North Dakota: $3.74 up 35 cents per gallon
Columbus, Ohio: $3.49 up 18 cents per gallon
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: $3.58 up 8 cents per gallon
Portland, Oregon: $3.79 down 5 cents per gallon
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: $3.79 up 10 cents per gallon
Providence, Rhode Island: $3.87 up 11 cents per gallon
Columbia, South Carolina: $3.47 up 2 cents per gallon
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: $3.76 up 17 cents per gallon
Nashville, Tennessee: $3.55 up 6 cents per gallon
Dallas, Texas: $3.46 down 2 cents per gallon
Salt Lake City, Utah: $3.59 unchanged per gallon
Burlington, Vermont: $3.94 up 20 cents per gallon
Richmond, Virginia: $3.52 up 3 cents per gallon
Seattle, Washington: $3.78 down 7 cents per gallon
Washington, DC: $3.75 up 2 cents per gallon
Charleston, West Virginia: $3.75 up 4 cents per gallon
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: $3.80 down 4 cents per gallon
Cheyenne, Wyoming: $3.49 up 4 cents per gallon

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