Heating oil: how many gallons a winter?

[veek.livejournal.com]

I'm considering moving to an apartment with oil heating. Really not crazy about that, but on balance it might all work out. I've been reading through the heating oil posts, and got a lot of good information from them (thanks, denizens! MassEnergy is definitely on my radar), but am still not sure how much I'd end up paying per winter.

For those with oil heating, how many gallons do you end up using per winter, for how many square feet, and at what average temperature? Or just for this winter, with its crazy temperatures.

ETA: This is, of course, a more complex issue than just square footage and internal temperature! I've done some research, and am doing more. Right now, I'm more interested in local numbers than anything else. :) If you have more variables to share with me in the context of your numbers, I'll be even more grateful!

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[mjrocks98.livejournal.com]

I'm currently on the first floor of a triple decker, NO insulation whatsoever, about 1000 square feet, we keep the heat no higher than 60 degrees (we freeze all winter) had to get 3 or 4 fill ups last winter with the last fill up costing $600. That's why we are now moving outta there. Previous winters we only filled twice and could stretch a tank for months, this winter it seemed we filled every 6 weeks like clock work.

[inahandbasket]

This was pretty much my experience at my last apartment.
First floor, no insulation, refilled a big tank every 1-2 months at up to $600 per fill, and we had it on a timer to drop at night and mid-day and never had it set above 68.