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Your photos as West Midlands basks in the sun

Videoman / BBC Weather Watchers A brown cow in Leek, Staffordshire, peers over a stone wall, with barbed wire rising above it and clumps of vibrant yellow flowers growing from the wallVideoman / BBC Weather Watchers
Stormchaser Al / BBC Weather Watchers Sunrise over a lake in Halesowen. The sun reflects on the water to the left, with trees lining the bank and a light early morning mist in the airStormchaser Al / BBC Weather Watchers
At 24C, Leek was one of the coolest places in the West Midlands on Thursday.
Early morning mist soon gave way to warmer weather in Halesowen.

Thursday marked the hottest start to May on record in the UK.

Temperatures across the West Midlands reached a balmy 26C in places, just 2C cooler than London.

Enjoy some of the best photos of the day taken by our BBC Weather Watchers.

The long run of warm weather looks set to end over the bank holiday weekend however, dipping to 14C by Monday.

We love to feature your photographs of the West Midlands.

You can upload them via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at [email protected].

For inspiration, view some top tips from three of England's Big Picture photographers.

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  • The location, date and time the pictures were taken
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