* Injection estimates ranged from 76 bcf to 95 bcf
* Median build in the Reuters poll was 88 bcf
NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas inventories are expected to have gained 88 billion cubic feet last week, a Reuters poll of industry traders and analysts showed on Wednesday.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration will release gas storage data for the week ended June 17 on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).
There were 26 participants in the Reuters poll, with injection estimates ranging from 76 bcf to 95 bcf.
Storage rose an adjusted 81 bcf for the same week last year. The five-year average build for that week is 86 bcf.
The median build in the survey was 88 bcf.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there were 51 cooling degree days last week, 14 cooler than the previous week and 12 cooler than the same week last year but two warmer than normal.
Degree days, a measure of departure in the mean daily temperature from 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18 Celsius), are used to reflect demand to heat or cool homes and businesses.
In last week's report, for the week ended June 10, overall storage climbed 69 bcf to 2.256 trillion cubic feet, below the Reuters estimate of 70 bcf and well below the year-ago rise of 89 bcf and the five-year average gain for that week of 87 bcf.