Abstract:Based on the hourly precipitation data of 3,795 national and regional meteorological stations in the Eastern Sichuan Basin from April to September in 2016-2022, we used the percentile method to determine the threshold of extreme heavy precipitation at each station"s sub-daily scale (1、3、6、12 h), analyzing and studying the characteristics of extreme heavy precipitation at the sub-daily scale in this region. The results indicated that: (1) Due to significant differences in terrain and landforms in the region, there were significant differences in the extreme heavy rainfall areas on the sub-daily scale. The average threshold values for the 98.5th percentile at 1, 3, 6, and 12 h were 42 mm, 68, 92, and 118 mm. (2) The short-term extreme heavy precipitation in the region mainly occurred from June to August, especially in July, followed by August and June. In the aspect of diurnal variation, the extreme heavy rainfall was more likely to occur in the second half of the night (2:00-8:00) than other time periods, and regional extreme heavy rainfall weather processes had the same characteristics. (3) In the central and northern regions of Sichuan and north of the Yangtze River in Chongqing, there was a high incidence rate of sub-daily scale extreme heavy precipitation. The main center of regional short-term extreme heavy precipitation weather processes was located in the central eastern part of Sichuan to the western part of Chongqing. The main influence systems that produced the regional short-term extreme heavy rainfall weather process in the eastern Sichuan basin included the southwest vortex and the surface cold front. (4) The threshold for extreme heavy rainfall on sub-daily scale in the region gradually increased from the ground to an altitude of 400~500 meters, and then generally decreased with changes in altitude, with weak fluctuations around 800 meters and 1500 meters.