Riverdale, Virginia Weather
Riverdale, Virginia — 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 Riverdale, Halifax County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Riverdale. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Riverdale is published on the Lake Country Regional Airport (KW63) page, 32 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. 5 airfields within reach of Riverdale 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 Riverdale: Chase City Municipal Airport (KCXE) 37 km · Danville Regional Airport (KDAN) 41 km · Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County (KTDF) 45 km · Henderson Oxford Airport (KHNZ) 49 km
Conditions reported at KW63 describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Riverdale specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Live animated radar for Riverdale 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
