Riverside, Texas Weather
Riverside, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Riverside, Cameron County.
Full aviation weather for Riverside is published on the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (KBRO) page, 10 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: Port Isabel Cameron County Airport (KPIL) 34 km · Valley International Airport (KHRL) 38 km · Mid Valley Airport (KTXW) 54 km
Conditions reported at KBRO describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 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, Texas
Riverside lies low and wide under the vast, ever-shifting Texan sky, a place where the land seems to sigh with the heat. It lies 1.6 miles west-north-west of Brownsville, TX (from Brownsville, TX: bearing 287°T), and is situated 4.8 miles south-west of Cameron Park. The terrain here is a gentle descent, a subtle flattening as one approaches the serpentine embrace of the Rio Grande, its muddy waters a slow, deliberate pulse through the landscape. Scattered mesquite and huisache trees, their thorny branches clawing at the humid air, offer scant shade, their pale green leaves shimmering like a mirage in the afternoon glare. The air itself carries a perpetual warmth, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant agriculture, a quiet hum of insect life a constant, low thrum beneath the languid pace of the day. The light, especially as dusk begins to bleed across the horizon, transforms the muted greens and browns into hues of amber and rose, a fleeting, painted beauty before the stars prick through the darkening expanse. This corner of Cameron County, Riverside, carries the imprint of its agricultural past, its economy still tethered to the fertile soil and the life-giving waters of the river. Generations have worked this land, coaxing crops from its embrace, a tradition that underpins the quiet determination of its people. Though industry has come and gone, its echoes can still be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious buildings that line its main thoroughfares, a testament to resilience rather than grandeur. The proximity to the border has always lent Riverside a unique character, a crossroads where cultures mingle and blend, subtly shaping its traditions and the easy camaraderie one finds in its local establishments. It is a place where the river's influence is not just geographical but deeply cultural, a slow, enduring presence in the lives of those who call Riverside home.
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, Cameron County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 25.908692°N, 97.522485°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 78520, 77320 |
| Area Code | 830, 713, 832 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverside, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverside, Texas, 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 25.908692°N, 97.522485°W, situated in Cameron County. ZIP code 78520, 77320. Telephone area code: 830, 713, 832. 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.
