Riverside, New York Weather
Riverside, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Riverside, Suffolk County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Francis S Gabreski Airport (KFOK) 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: Lufker Airport (K49N) 9 km · Brookhaven Calabro Airport (KHWV) 17 km · Long Island MacArthur Airport (KISP) 37 km · Town of East Hampton Airport (KJPX) 37 km · Tweed New Haven Airport (KHVN) 46 km
Conditions reported at KFOK 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.
About Riverside, New York
Riverside is a place where the land breathes with the shallow tides of the Long Island Sound. It lies 2.6 miles south-south-west of Riverhead, NY (from Riverhead, NY: bearing 198°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west of Hampton Bays. Its terrain is a gentle slope towards the water, a subtle undulation of sandy soil and hardy coastal vegetation. Pine trees, their needles a vibrant green against the often pale sky, stand sentinel along the roadways, their scent a constant, sharp perfume on the air. The sunlight here, especially in the late afternoon, has a particular quality, softening the edges of houses and casting long, quiet shadows that stretch like tired limbs across driveways. The air itself carries the faint, saline tang of the ocean, a subtle reminder of the vastness just beyond the low-lying shores. The history of Riverside is tied to the sea and the land that feeds it. Once a more agricultural community, its fields have gradually given way to homes, but the echoes of its past linger in the names of streets and the sturdy, practical architecture that still stands. The local economy, while diversified, still feels the pull of its maritime heritage, with fishing boats occasionally dotting the horizon and bait and tackle shops a common sight. There's a quiet industriousness to Riverside, a sense of people going about their days with purpose, punctuated by the distant cry of gulls and the hum of traffic heading towards the busier hubs of the island.
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, Suffolk County, New York |
| Coordinates | 40.88121°N, 72.677874°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 14870, 11901 |
| Area Code | 607, 914, 845 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, New York Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, New York, 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 40.881210°N, 72.677874°W, situated in Suffolk County. ZIP code 14870, 11901. Telephone area code: 607, 914, 845. 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.
