Riverside, Idaho Weather
Riverside, Idaho — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riverside, Clearwater County.
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Kamiah Municipal Airport (KS73) page, 38 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. 3 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: Cottonwood Municipal Airport (KS84) 51 km · Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport (KLWS) 57 km
Conditions reported at KS73 describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 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, Idaho
Riverside, Idaho, breathes the quietude of the Clearwater River valley, a place where the land itself seems to exhale a cool, damp air carrying the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 34.7 miles east of Lewiston, ID (from Lewiston, ID: bearing 81°T), and is situated 2.3 miles west-north-west of Orofino. Rolling hills, cloaked in a dense, evergreen forest, rise steeply on either side of the river, their slopes a rich, shadowed green that softens into a hazy blue as they recede towards the horizon. The river itself, a broad, muscular ribbon of jade water, charts a winding course, its surface occasionally broken by the swift, silent passage of a salmon or the glint of sunlight on a submerged snag. Even in the midday sun, there’s a certain hushed quality to the air, a stillness that seems to absorb sound, leaving only the murmur of the water and the distant whisper of wind through the high branches. The history of Riverside is inextricably tied to the timber and mining industries that once pulsed through this region, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy, weathered buildings and a pragmatic, independent spirit among its residents. The Clearwater River was the lifeblood for log drives and the arteries for transporting ore, shaping the very layout of the settlement. While those days of boom and bust have largely faded, a quiet self-reliance remains, evident in the small businesses that cater to locals and the steady, unhurried pace of life. The surrounding wilderness, a vast expanse of national forest land, offers a constant, unspoken invitation to explore, its trails leading to hidden waterfalls and panoramic vistas, a reminder of the raw, untamed beauty that defines this corner of Idaho.
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.
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| Location | Riverside, Clearwater County, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 46.495458°N, 116.297363°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (America/Boise) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 83607, 83544, 83221 |
| Area Code | 208 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, Idaho Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, Idaho, 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 46.495458°N, 116.297363°W, situated in Clearwater County. ZIP code 83607, 83544, 83221. Telephone area code: 208. Timezone: Mountain Time (America/Boise).
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.
