Go ahead, just shut your hand in a car door; it’s going to hurt less than filling that oil tank.

The average price for No. 2 heating oil statewide Monday: $3.35, up more than $1 a gallon from this time last year.

For its third release in a row, the Maine Office of Energy Independence and Security found prices here hit a record high.

Hardest hit: eastern Maine where it counted a high of $3.48. A low of $3.08 was found in southwestern Maine.

The statewide average of kerosene sat at $3.75 and like No. 2, it was also up $1.09 a gallon over last year. Propane sat at $2.94.

The high prices coupled with the early, snowy start to winter have taken a toll. Dan Simpson, spokesman for the Maine State Housing Authority, said the agency is expecting to end this heating season with 5,000 more requests for home heating help this year than last year.

MSHA has paid out $17 million so far.

In Lewiston, Deputy City Administrator Phil Nadeau said, so far, he’s hearing more people ask what type of help’s available than actually filling out applications. The city can offer vouchers to low-income residents for 225 gallons of oil for January and February.

“A lot of inquiries,” Nadeau said. “They’re worried, and rightly so.”

For the first time, they’ve gotten two requests from landlords who live in their own buildings, he added.

Lewiston will meet soon with the local emergency management agency to talk about contingency plans for a cold snap and other heat-emergency issues, Nadeau said.