Riverside, Oregon Weather
Riverside, Oregon — 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, Umatilla County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport at Pendleton (KPDT) page, 8 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: Hermiston Municipal Airport (KHRI) 44 km · Martin Field (KS95) 48 km · Walla Walla Regional Airport (KALW) 58 km
Conditions reported at KPDT describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 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, Oregon
Riverside rests in the embrace of rolling hills, where the Columbia River, a vast, shimmering ribbon, dictates the horizon and whispers its ancient stories to the dry, wind-scoured landscape. It lies 28.2 miles south-south-west of Whitman, WA (from Whitman, WA: bearing 205°T), and is situated 2.5 miles east of Pendleton. The air here carries the scent of sun-baked earth and distant sagebrush, a potent perfume that hangs heavy in the warm afternoons, while the sky stretches an endless, pale blue canvas, occasionally broken by the sharp, dark silhouette of circling hawks. The land itself, a tapestry of ochre and muted greens, slopes gently towards the water, dotted with hardy grasses that sway like a silent, golden sea under the relentless sun, and the occasional hardy juniper tree, a testament to resilience in this arid beauty. This stretch of Umatilla County has long been a crossroads, shaped by the mighty Columbia and the agricultural bounty it irrigates, a legacy evident in the neat rows of crops that fan out from the riverbanks, a stark contrast to the untamed wildness of the surrounding high desert. For generations, the economy of Riverside has been intrinsically tied to the river’s flow and the fertile soil it nourishes, supporting an agricultural community that harvests wheat, corn, and other staples, their livelihoods a quiet dance with the seasons. The spirit of this place is one of enduring practicality, a stoic grace born from the challenges and rewards of living in harmony with such a powerful, elemental landscape, where the sun’s arc across the sky marks the slow, steady passage of time.
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, Umatilla County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.675188°N, 118.737294°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97321, 97917, 97801 |
| Area Code | 541 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, Oregon, 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 45.675188°N, 118.737294°W, situated in Umatilla County. ZIP code 97321, 97917, 97801. Telephone area code: 541. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.
