With record-breaking temperatures June 3 and the mercury rising near 90 degrees again on June 4, Ballard experienced a serious heat wave this week.

Weather services warned residents to stay inside and keep cool, but few Ballardites seemed to heed that advice.

"I like it because we only get, what, 30 days like these all summer," Neah Ortman said as she sat in the grass at Sunset Hill Viewpoint Park.

Ortman said she was glad to have a day off work from The Scoop at Walter's, where the ice cream stays cold but the freezers get hot.

Ballard Commons Park was swarmed with children, skateboarders and anyone looking for a place to lie down in the shade.

Fleets of sunbathers in short and bikinis found Golden Gardens more than accommodating on a Thursday afternoon.

At Salmon Bay Park, Joshua Lang kept an eye on little Kaiden Lang in the sandbox.

He said the heat is hard on the little ones because they get uncomfortable and don't sleep well.

Liz Bookey said her daughter Gwynne, also in the sandbox, had gotten used to all the cold weather Seattle had been experiencing this year.

Temperature are expected to cool off this weekend and into next week.