CHARLOTTE, N.Y. -- Sunday's prime weather drew crowds to the water to beat the heat, with many flocking to Ontario Beach Park in Charlotte to enjoy the mild, breezy weather near the lake.

"I saw the temperature and thought, 'I'm not sitting inside all day,' said Zack Reese, a local beachgoer. It's not happening, theres no way. I have to be at the beach, so here I am."

With no lifeguards on duty, swimming is technically not allowed, but that didn't stop some from bending the rules. Water temperatures in Lake Ontario are currently hovering at around 60 degrees, which is still fairly cold. But for some, it was a welcome chance to cool off.

With warm days like today, the water temperature should be warming up fairly quickly. The solution to the high water problems at the lake is not likely to come so soon. Much of the beach is still underwater.

"If you look today, over half the beach is gone from where it was last year, said Bernard White, a Rochester resident. I grew up here as a kid and used to come swimming here. We also used to go to Durand Eastman Beach too and that is still all underwater."

Only time will tell when things will return to normal along Lake Ontario, but in the meantime, beachgoers are making the most of a beautiful start to the season.

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