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, Halifax County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Riverdale.
About Riverdale, Virginia
Riverdale’s landscape unfolds in broad, generous strokes of green, where the land itself seems to sigh with the weight of its fertile soil. It lies 28.3 miles east-north-east of Danville, VA (from Danville, VA: bearing 76°T), and is situated 0.8 miles south of South Boston. Rolling hills, not dramatic but persistent, give way to the gentle murmur of the Roanoke River, a ribbon of glinting water that snakes through the terrain. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and sun-warmed pine, a subtle perfume that clings to the skin, especially in the hushed hours of late afternoon when the light stretches long and amber across the fields. Old oaks, their branches gnarled like ancient storytellers, stand sentinel over pastures where cattle graze in placid contentment, their lowing a soft counterpoint to the rustling leaves. This region of Halifax County holds a quiet dignity, a history that whispers from the weathered clapboard of its farmhouses and the modest brick of its older buildings. The economy, long tied to the bounty of the land, still finds its pulse in agriculture, with tobacco and corn fields stretching towards the horizon, their rows a testament to generations of patient cultivation. Yet, there’s a resilience here, a slow evolution, as the community embraces the changing currents of modern life while holding fast to its roots. Occasionally, the stillness is punctuated by the distant hum of machinery from a local lumber mill, a reminder of the enduring industries that shape Riverdale’s character, a place where time feels measured not by the frantic ticking of a clock, but by the slow turning of the seasons and the steady flow of the river.
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| Location | Riverdale, Halifax County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 36.687361°N, 78.90001°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 36.687361°N, 78.900010°W, situated in Halifax County. 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.
