Riverside, Maryland Weather
Riverside, Maryland — 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, Charles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center Airport (KNDY) page, 11 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: Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 19 km · Maryland Airport (K2W5) 24 km · Stafford Regional Airport (KRMN) 27 km · Shannon Airport (KEZF) 30 km · Davison Army Air Field (KDAA) 36 km
Conditions reported at KNDY describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 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, Maryland
Riverside unfolds along the Potomac, a place where the air itself seems to hold the scent of brackish water and the distant hum of cicadas. It lies 9.6 miles south-south-west of Charles, MD (from Charles, MD: bearing 194°T), and is situated 8.5 miles north-north-east of King George. The landscape here is a gentle unfolding of fertile land, yielding to the wide embrace of the river. Oak trees, ancient sentinels with branches like gnarled fingers, punctuate the fields, their leaves catching the late afternoon sun in a shimmering dance. The terrain slopes towards the water, a subtle invitation to the ebb and flow of the tide, and the occasional call of a heron echoes across the marshy edges. The houses, often set back from the main thoroughfares, possess a quiet dignity, their porches a familiar invitation for the lingering warmth of summer evenings. The history of Riverside is deeply entwined with the bounty of the Potomac, a waterway that has sustained livelihoods for generations. Once a hub for agricultural trade, the echoes of steamboats and bustling docks can almost be felt in the quietude of the present day. While farming remains a thread in the local economy, the water continues to offer its gifts, with fishing and recreational boating adding to the character of Riverside. The land here remembers its past, the fertile soil a testament to the enduring cycles of growth and harvest, and the river’s constant murmur a living chronicle of the lives lived along its banks.
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, Charles County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.387903°N, 77.146366°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20662, 21663, 21001 |
| Area Code | 410, 443, 240, 301 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, 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 Riverside includes coordinates 38.387903°N, 77.146366°W, situated in Charles County. ZIP code 20662, 21663, 21001. Telephone area code: 410, 443, 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.
