Flagler Beach has been forced to do something it rarely does this time of year: Dip into financial reserves to put lifeguards on the beach.

The city is a small beach community with a small group of lifeguards who work only limited times of the year. Most Decembers, lifeguards would be nowhere near the city's beach.

But this year, dozens of beach visitors have been enjoying warm temperatures both in and out of the water.

Chris Farrell and his two daughters are from Connecticut, where temperatures were in the 30s or 40s Tuesday.

“Yesterday it was sleet, frozen rain, snow a little further north. No fun for us,” Farrell said.

“The girls are in the water. We’re at the beach in December, at the end of December. You can’t beat that,” Farrell said.

Flagler’s Ocean Rescue work season is from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

"When we have special days like this, we have a skeleton crew come out and patrol up and down the beach and make sure everything’s OK,” Flagler Ocean Rescue Capt. David Petkosvek said.

Lifeguards said they will remain working on the beach until temperatures get colder and fewer swimmers take a dip in the ocean.

“It makes me feel better, more comfortable that there’s someone there, just in case there is a problem,” Farrell said.