Riverside, Connecticut Weather
Riverside, Connecticut — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Riverside, New Haven County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Waterbury Oxford Airport (KOXC) page, 10 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Riverside have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Riverside: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (KBDR) 25 km · Danbury Municipal Airport (KDXR) 26 km · Waterbury Airport (KN41) 29 km · Candlelight Farms Airport (K11N) 31 km · Westchester County Airport (KHPN) 57 km
Conditions reported at KOXC describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Riverside specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Riverside.
About Riverside, Connecticut
Riverside unfolds along the Naugatuck River, a ribbon of water that has long dictated the fortunes of this Connecticut locale. It lies 6.4 miles north-west of Shelton, CT (from Shelton, CT: bearing 320°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-west of Naugatuck. The land here is a study in gentle slopes and weathered outcrops, where the river's persistent murmur is the dominant soundscape, a constant counterpoint to the rustle of leaves in the deciduous forests that climb the valley walls. Old stone foundations, softened by moss and the slow creep of ivy, hint at structures long gone, their outlines still discernible against the verdant backdrop. The air, particularly in the late afternoon, carries the damp, earthy scent of the riverbank mingled with the sweet perfume of honeysuckle that spills over garden fences. This stretch of the Naugatuck Valley was once a throbbing heart of industry, its mills powered by the very river that now flows with a quieter purpose. The echoes of tin stamping and wire drawing still seem to linger in the brickwork of disused factories, their vast windows reflecting the sky like vacant eyes. Riverside’s economy, once anchored by these robust manufacturing endeavors, has since diversified, with a growing number of residents commuting to larger centers, yet a strong sense of local identity persists, a quiet pride in its industrial past and a hopeful gaze toward its unfolding future. Small businesses, from antique shops to bakeries, now occupy some of the older commercial spaces, their awnings adding splashes of color to the historic streetscapes.
Live animated radar for Riverside and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Riverside, New Haven County, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41.388152°N, 73.172612°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 06878 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, Connecticut Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, Connecticut, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Riverside includes coordinates 41.388152°N, 73.172612°W, situated in New Haven County. ZIP code 06878. Telephone area code: 203, 475, 860, 959. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
