Riverdale, Maryland Weather
Riverdale, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Riverdale, Anne Arundel County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverdale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverdale is published on the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 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. 6 airfields within reach of Riverdale 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 Riverdale: Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) 19 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 27 km · Weide (Aberdeen Proving Ground) Army Heliport (KEDG) 39 km · Phillips Army Air Field (KAPG) 52 km · Harford County Airport (K0W3) 59 km
Conditions reported at KBWI describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Riverdale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Riverdale, Maryland
Riverdale emerges from the Maryland landscape as a quietly persistent presence, its terrain gently sloping towards the serpentine embrace of the Patuxent River. It lies 2.0 miles east-south-east of Pasadena, MD (from Pasadena, MD: bearing 106°T), and is situated 6.5 miles south-east of Glen Burnie. Here, the air often carries the humid, earthy scent of fertile soil, a testament to the agricultural heritage that still subtly shapes the periphery. The houses, a mix of sturdy brick colonials and more modest, weathered clapboards, seem to settle into the land as if they've always belonged, their windows reflecting the hazy, pale blue of an Atlantic coast sky. In the late afternoon, the sunlight, thick and golden, spills over the rounded hills, catching the dew on the manicured lawns and illuminating the deep green of the mature oak and maple trees that shade the quiet streets. The economic pulse of Riverdale has long been tied to its fertile surroundings, though the sharp scent of brine from the nearby Chesapeake Bay often drifts inland, a reminder of the broader maritime influences. While farming still holds a place, the modern rhythm of Riverdale is a quieter one, punctuated by the distant hum of traffic from larger thoroughfares and the occasional cheer from a Little League game. History whispers here, not in grand pronouncements, but in the enduring architecture and the subtle shifts in land use over generations, from the early colonial land grants to the more recent suburban expansions. It is a place that has absorbed the ebb and flow of Maryland life, remaining steadfast, a piece of the state's enduring character.
Live animated radar for Riverdale 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 | Riverdale, Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.099276°N, 76.535796°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21146, 20737, 20738 |
| Area Code | 240, 301 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverdale, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverdale, Maryland, 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 Riverdale includes coordinates 39.099276°N, 76.535796°W, situated in Anne Arundel County. ZIP code 21146, 20737, 20738. Telephone area code: 240, 301. 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.
