Abstract:Based on hourly precipitation data from 178 meteorological stations in Kashgar Region from April to October in 2012-2023,the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of short-term heavy rainfall of different grades are statistically analyzed. The results shows that:the frequency of short-term heavy rainfall in Kashgar region distributed in the pattern of north > south>east,shallow mountain area more then plain area.The terrain is closely related to short-term heavy rainfall.The short-term heavy rainfall mainly occurred near the complex terrain, such as the windward slope in front of the mountain, the valley, the steep terrain, the horn estuary terrain, and the junction area between oasis and Gobi desert..The inter-annual variation of short-term heavy rainfall is very different.2016-2018 is the year with the highest frequency of short-time heavy rainfall, with the highest frequency in 2017 (155 times) and the lowest frequency in 2012 (10 times). The annual variation characteristics of short-time heavy rainfall frequency of different grades are roughly the same as the total frequency, and the maximum frequency all appeared in 2017. The frequency changes of monthly and ten-day periods are unimodal. The high-frequency period of short-term heavy rainfall occurred from July to August, and the cumulative frequency reached the highest (140 times) in mid-July, while the maximum of extreme rainfall intensity appeared in early August (87.9 mm/h). The diurnal variation shows a bimodal pattern, with the highest frequency from around evening to midnight, followed by from midnight to morning, and the lowest from morning to noon: from 19:00 to 1:00 PM were the high frequency periods of short-time heavy rainfall of different magnitudes.