* Injection estimates ranged from 50 bcf to 80 bcf
* Median build in the Reuters poll was 61 bcf
NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas inventories are expected to have risen 62 billion cubic feet last week, a Reuters poll of industry traders and analysts showed on Wednesday.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release gas storage data for the week ended July 15 on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).
There were 25 participants in the Reuters poll, with injection estimates ranging from 50 bcf to 80 bcf.
Storage rose an adjusted 55 bcf for the same week last year. The five-year average build for that week is 67 bcf.
The median build in the survey was 61 bcf.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there were 83 cooling degree days last week, four cooler than the previous week and seven cooler than the same week last year but 10 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 July 8, overall storage climbed 84 bcf to 2.611 trillion cubic feet, well above the Reuters estimate of 76 bcf and the year-ago rise of 78 bcf but below the five-year average gain for that week of 88 bcf.