Riverview, Delaware Weather
Riverview, Delaware — 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 Riverview, Sussex County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverview. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverview is published on the Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) page, 14 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. 4 airfields within reach of Riverview 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 Riverview: Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) 33 km · Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (KSBY) 34 km · Cape May County Airport (KWWD) 57 km
Conditions reported at KGED describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Riverview specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Riverview.
About Riverview, Delaware
Riverview unfolds in gentle, low-lying expanses, a landscape shaped by the patient persistence of water and earth. It lies 23.3 miles north-east of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 49°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-east of Georgetown. The terrain, a soft undulation of fields and marshes, breathes with the salty tang carried inland from the nearby Atlantic, a constant whisper of the coast. Here, the sky often stretches wide and pale, its vastness mirrored in the shallow, slow-moving creeks that meander through the land, their surfaces catching the diffused light of a humid afternoon. The air itself feels thick, carrying the scent of sun-baked soil and the faint, sweet perfume of coastal grasses. The history of Riverview is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet endurance of its agricultural roots and the ebb and flow of its connection to the sea. For generations, the fertile soil has yielded its bounty, supporting a local economy that has long relied on the dependable harvests of corn and soybeans, a steady rhythm punctuated by the seasonal work of the fishing fleets that once plied these waters with greater vigor. Though the industry has shifted, the legacy remains in the weathered clapboard houses and the enduring independence of its residents, a character forged in the practicalities of rural life and the constant, subtle influence of the tidal creeks.
Live animated radar for Riverview 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 | Riverview, Sussex County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38.582613°N, 75.274634°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19966, 19946 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverview, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverview, Delaware, 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 Riverview includes coordinates 38.582613°N, 75.274634°W, situated in Sussex County. ZIP code 19966, 19946. Telephone area code: 302. 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.
