Riverdale, NJ Weather Forecast
Morris County, New Jersey
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Riverdale, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Riverdale, NJ at a glance
Riverdale is home to about 4,105 people in Morris County, across 2 square miles. It ranks 394th by population of 450 places in New Jersey with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Pompton Lakes, 2 miles away.
- County
- Morris County
- Population
- 4,105 2023 est.
- Land area
- 2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,026
- Forecast point
- 40.9959°N, 74.3145°W
How well can the network see Riverdale?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 6,000 ft above Riverdale. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Riverdale can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KCDW (Caldwell/Essex Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Riverdale
- Pompton Lakes, NJ2 mi
- Butler, NJ2 mi
- Pequannock, NJ2 mi
- Bloomingdale, NJ3 mi
- Wanaque, NJ3 mi
- Kinnelon, NJ4 mi
- Oakland, NJ5 mi
- Wayne, NJ5 mi
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