Abstract:Based on the conventional observation data of temperature from 160 stations reorganized by the National Climate Center and the sea surface temperature data from HADLEY center, the relationship between the season,al anomalous pattern of temperature in eastern China and the sea surface temperature anomalies(SSTA) mode at early stage is diagnosed by maximum covariance analysis method moreover, the influence of the best coupling mode of winter temperature and SSTA mode, as well as sea surface temperature anomalies on atmospheric circulation is emphasized to analyze. The results show that the significant coupling patterns between the seasonal temperature anomaly in eastern China and the SSTA mode at early stage exhibit different features. The second modes of the southern Indian Ocean and the tropical Pacific El Niño mode which appeared 6 months earlier have the most significant coupling relation with the consistent variation pattern of winter temperature over eastern China. The winter temperature anomalous type with warm northeast and cold south west is most significantly coupled with the consistent warming mode over the tropical Atlantic leading by 4 months. The regression of atmospheric circulation on the SSTA patterns corresponding to the consistent cold types shows that the Siberian High and the Aleutian Low enhance, the East Asian trough deepens and the mid-latitude westerlies strengthen. Regression on SSTA mode corresponding to southwest cold-northeast warm type shows that the Siberian High and the Aleutian Low enhance slightly, Arctic sea level pressure reduces, mid-latitude potential raises, East Asian trough swallows, trough line turns to the southwest, zonal wind in the north of 40 °N in eastern China increases, but it weakens in the south.