Abstract:Based on the summer (June to August) hourly precipitation data covering 8 meteorological stations in Altay region during 2011-2020. The spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of diurnal variation of precipitation characteristics are discussed, The main conclusions are as follows: The peak values of total precipitation amount and total precipitation intensity occur from 16:00 to 19:00 Beijing time, The amount and intensity of total precipitation shows an increasing trend in day (09:00-20:00), while the total precipitation frequency is opposite. and the valley values of total precipitation characteristics occur from 23:00 to 02:00 of the next day. The precipitation main occur in day and the drizzle is more frequent than other levels. precipitation lasting for two hours contributed the maximum precipitation amount to the total precipitation, precipitation lasting for one hours occurred most and the duration is negatively correlated with precipitation frequency. There is a spatial distribution of the total precipitation maximum that is "the west is more than l the east, the north more than the south", the three different precipitation categories events generally show a decreasing trend from the mountainous areas and foothills to river valley plain, the three different durations precipitation events mainly are contributed by short-term precipitation with duration of one to six hours.