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, Howard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) page, 15 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 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: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 19 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 44 km · Weide (Aberdeen Proving Ground) Army Heliport (KEDG) 57 km
Conditions reported at KFME describe the airfield itself. Weather 15 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 as a landscape of verdant hills and broad, often misty, valleys, where the Patuxent River’s influence is felt in the humid air and the rich, dark loam that yields generously. It lies 2.5 miles north-north-west of North Laurel, MD (from North Laurel, MD: bearing 342°T), and is situated 8.9 miles south-south-east of Howard. The terrain here is a gentle, rolling affair, a tapestry of mature woodlands interspersed with fields that, in the right light, shimmer with an almost ethereal green. Roads, like arteries, wind through this soft topography, connecting scattered homesteads and small clusters of homes, their driveways often lined with the quiet sentinels of pine and oak. The very character of Riverside is one of soft edges and diffused light, where the sky often seems to press down, heavy with the promise of rain or the lingering warmth of the day. The history of Riverside is intimately tied to the ebb and flow of agricultural enterprise, a legacy evident in the enduring farmsteads and the patchwork of cultivated land that still defines much of its periphery. For generations, this region was a breadbasket, its economy rooted in the cultivation of tobacco and later, a more diversified agriculture that sustained its populace through cycles of boom and quietude. While modern industries have found their footing, often in the surrounding larger hubs, the heart of Riverside still beats to a slower, more agrarian rhythm, a subtle echo of its founding principles. The river itself, a constant, quiet presence, has not only shaped the land but has also historically served as a vital artery for commerce and connection, a watery thread binding this place to the wider world.
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, Howard County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.173441°N, 76.885252°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 39.173441°N, 76.885252°W, situated in Howard 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.
