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Riverside, Connecticut Weather

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Riverside weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Riverside, CT
Thursday, June 4 at 3:38 AM
63
°
Clear
Feels like
62°
Humidity
59%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:23 AM
Sunset
8:21 PM
Riverside, CT
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRiverside, CT: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 87°
Riverside, CT
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    82°58°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    87°59°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°58°+3°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    39%
    91°70°+1°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    58%
    84°68°-7°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    24%
    75°59°-9°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    86°59°+11°
Riverside, CT
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
217° · backing 121°
Direction
SW
217°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 19 @ 5:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 162SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 121° from the sw.
Riverside, CT
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1018.7
+0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 30.08 inHg
Now
1018.7
mb
3h
+0.1
mb
12h
+0.3
mb
24h
+0.7
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181021
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1020.91017.71019.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Riverside, CT
Air quality
45
AQI
Moderate
-2 in 6h

PM2.5 at 10.3 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Moderate
27μg/m³
OzoneModerate
81μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 9 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 9

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.3 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.87 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.87
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Riverside, CT
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
69.3mi
UNLIMITED
148 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
03:38 UTC ·Riverside, CT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
03:38 UTC ·Riverside, CT · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Riverside, CT
Satellite · infrared · animated
Riverside, CT
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Riverside, CT
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
8:52 AM
Sunrise
5:23 AM
Daylight
14h 58m
Sunset
8:21 PM
Civil dusk
12:55 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Riverside, CT
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:25 AM
Moonset
12:50 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Riverside, CT
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Riverside at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 11°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 22 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Riverside

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.