Riverside, Missouri Weather
Riverside, Missouri — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riverside, Platte County.
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (KMKC) page, 6 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: Kansas City International Airport (KMCI) 16 km · Midwest National Air Center Airport (KGPH) 31 km · Sherman Army Air Field (KFLV) 34 km · Triple R Airport (K0C1) 37 km · East Kansas City Airport (K3GV) 39 km
Conditions reported at KMKC describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 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, Missouri
Riverside unfolds along the broad, serpentine curve of the Missouri River, its landscape a gentle yielding of bottomland to the subtle swell of the Missouri bluffs. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Gladstone, MO (from Gladstone, MO: bearing 240°T), and is situated 5.7 miles north-north-west of Kansas City. Cottonwood trees, ancient sentinels with bark like weathered leather, line the river's edge, their leaves a shimmering, almost liquid green in the humid Missouri air. The land here breathes with a quiet, fertile expanse, punctuated by the stoic, rectangular shapes of farmsteads and the occasional glint of sunlight on a distant water tower. Creeks, small arteries feeding the larger flow, thread through fields of corn and soybeans, their banks often thick with wild sumac and the tenacious grasp of river reeds. The sky above Riverside seems to stretch endlessly, a vast canvas where clouds drift with a slow, deliberate grace, often tinted with the soft apricot hues of approaching dusk. This stretch of the Missouri River has long been a conduit of life and commerce, and Riverside carries whispers of that enduring connection. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the river's promise, began to cultivate these lands, their efforts shaping the agricultural character that still defines much of the region. The economy here remains tethered to the bounty of the earth, with farming as a cornerstone, but the proximity to the Kansas City metropolitan area also fosters a more diverse economic pulse. Riverside itself, though bearing a name that evokes its watery boundary, has grown beyond a simple river port, becoming a place where the rhythm of agricultural cycles meets the hum of modern life, a distinctive blend that gives Riverside its particular, unpretentious charm.
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, Platte County, Missouri |
| Coordinates | 39.177503°N, 94.613012°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 63829, 63070, 64150 |
| Area Code | 314, 816 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, Missouri Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, Missouri, 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 39.177503°N, 94.613012°W, situated in Platte County. ZIP code 63829, 63070, 64150. Telephone area code: 314, 816. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
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.
