Riverside, Michigan Weather
Riverside, Michigan — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riverside, St. Clair County.
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Airport (KMTC) page, 18 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. 5 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: Robertson Field (KD99) 27 km · Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport (KDET) 35 km · St Clair County International Airport (KPHN) 40 km · Oakland Troy Airport (KVLL) 45 km
Conditions reported at KMTC describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 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, Michigan
Riverside slumbers gently along the St. Clair River, a broad, patient waterway that dictates the slow, deliberate pulse of this Michigan settlement. It lies 10.2 miles east-south-east of Harrison Township, MI (from Harrison Township, MI: bearing 102°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-west of Clay. The land here is a study in quiet horizontality, vast fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the distant horizon, punctuated by stands of mature oak and maple that soften the edges of the agricultural expanse. The air itself carries a certain weight, a humid embrace common to these Great Lakes shores, especially in the languid afternoons of summer when the sunlight, diffused by a fine haze, seems to settle like a golden dust over the cultivated plains and the weathered clapboard homes. The river, a constant, shimmering presence, murmurs its ancient stories, its dark waters reflecting the muted sky and the occasional flight of gulls, a silent testament to its enduring influence on the character of Riverside. The history of Riverside is inextricably bound to the flow of the St. Clair, a vital artery for trade and travel that drew early settlers seeking fertile ground and access to the burgeoning markets of the inland seas. For generations, agriculture has been the bedrock of Riverside's economy, the rich muck soil yielding bountiful harvests that feed the region and beyond, a tradition sustained by families who have worked these lands for decades, their lives etched into the furrows and fence lines. While industry has ebbed and flowed, the enduring spirit of Riverside remains rooted in its pastoral setting and the resilient character of its people, a quiet determination forged in the cycles of planting and harvest, and the unwavering presence of the great river that continues to shape its destiny.
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, St. Clair County, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42.558924°N, 82.630186°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/Detroit) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 49022, 49038, 48028, 49084 |
| Area Code | 313, 269 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, Michigan Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, Michigan, 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 42.558924°N, 82.630186°W, situated in St. Clair County. ZIP code 49022, 49038, 48028, 49084. Telephone area code: 313, 269. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/Detroit).
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.
