Riverdale, Virginia Weather
Riverdale, Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Riverdale, Chesapeake (city).
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About Riverdale, Virginia
Riverdale breathes with the humid, salt-tinged air of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, a place where the land, a rich, dark loam, slopes gently towards the broad embrace of waterways that whisper of the sea. It lies 1.6 miles east-south-east of Chesapeake, VA (from Chesapeake, VA: bearing 113°T), and is situated 3.3 miles south-east of Norfolk. The landscape here is a quilt of verdant fields and stands of loblolly pine, their needles rustling like secrets in the breeze that carries the distant clang of industry and the cries of gulls. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast sky, pools in shimmering, ephemeral patches on the quiet roads, illuminating the weathered clapboard of homes and the stoic, enduring presence of ancient oak trees. The air itself feels thick with the scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle, a pervasive aroma that clings to the very skin. This stretch of Riverdale, long shaped by the ebb and flow of tides and the currents of commerce, bears the marks of its maritime heritage and its agricultural roots. For generations, its economy was tethered to the bounty of the bay and the fertility of its soil, with fishing boats once a common sight and fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon. While that agrarian spirit still flickers, the hum of nearby shipyards and the clatter of cargo cranes now punctuate the quietude, a testament to its evolving role as a vital hub in the region's industrial landscape. Riverdale carries a history etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of its people and the quiet dignity of its weathered structures, a community that has learned to adapt and thrive amidst the changing tides of time.
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| Location | Riverdale, Chesapeake (city), Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.80987°N, 76.247439°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 24014, 23324, 23851, 24592 |
| Area Code | 804, 276 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Riverdale, Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverdale, Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Riverdale includes coordinates 36.809870°N, 76.247439°W, situated in Chesapeake (city). ZIP code 24014, 23324, 23851, 24592. Telephone area code: 804, 276. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
