{"id":235691,"date":"2026-07-04T22:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235691\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T22:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:30:02","slug":"beat-the-heat-with-a-swim-in-lake-erie-see-the-water-temperature-and-quality-at-greater-cleveland-beaches-heading-into-the-july-4-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235691\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the heat with a swim in Lake Erie: See the water temperature and quality at Greater Cleveland beaches heading into the July 4 holiday weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going for a swim this holiday weekend? Here&#8217;s a look at the water temperatures at some of the Northeast Ohio beaches along Lake Erie.<\/p>\n<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 Looking to beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/weather\/weather-impact\/extreme-heat-warning-cleveland-akron-canton-ohio-national-weather-service-forecast\/95-a34f7a94-7a07-4700-bc61-a8cd2d1610cc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">extreme heat and high humidity<\/a> by taking a swim at one of the beaches along Lake Erie as we head into the July 4 holiday weekend?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the water quality and temperature at area beaches for Friday, July 3.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nEdgewater Beach in Cleveland                    <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Water temperature: 79.3 degrees<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nVilla Angela Beach in Cleveland                    <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Water temperature: 79.9 degrees<\/p>\n<p>Note: The temperatures are taken during a morning survey and may change throughout the day pending weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/local\/northeast-ohio\/swimming-pools-akron-cleveland-northeast-ohio-summer-2026-beachwood-bay-village-berea-rocky-river-westlake-lakewood\/95-b228a3ee-d10f-4bbd-a0b8-ec0cfa5cf18a\" class=\"cms__embed-related-story__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LIST | Swimming pools open summer 2026 near Cleveland, Akron<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The water quality and temperatures for Lake County beaches &#8212; including Mentor Headlands and Fairport Harbor &#8212; were not available at the time of this story was first published, but here&#8217;s what they were showing on Thursday, July 2:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nHeadlands Beach State Park in Mentor                    <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Water temperature: 72.4 degrees<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFairport Harbor Lakefront Park                    <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Water temperature: 75 degrees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Going for a swim this holiday weekend? Here&#8217;s a look at the water temperatures at some of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-235691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}