Abstract:The northwestern part (NW) of the traditional Meiyu area (28°-34°N, 110°-123°E) is close to the typical Meiyu area of the Yangtze and Huaihe River Basin. The precipitation in the NW area during the Meiyu period and its relationship with atmospheric circulation and sea surface temperature from the perspective of climatological mean and interannual time scales were studied, focusing on comparing its similarities and differences with the precipitation during the Meiyu period in typical Meiyu regions. Results show that (1) in terms of climatology, the water vapor conveyor belt larger than 40 g·m·kg-1·s-1 at the 850 hPa cannot cover the NW area. Therefore, the concentrated precipitation that is observed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the south of the Yangtze River, and Jianghuai Region disappears in the NW area during pentad 35-37. (2) During the 39 years from 1979 to 2017, there are 24 years with Meiyu in the NW area, and 15 years without Meiyu. The average meiyu onset date is June 27, which is 13 days later than that in Yangtze River Basin; and the average meiyu ending date is July 13, which is similar to that in the Yangtze River Basin. The average daily precipitation rate during the Meiyu period is equivalent to that in the Yangtze River Basin, although the Meiyu amount is less than that in the Yangtze River Basin. (3) During the NW meiyu period, the area with more rainfall is in the Huanghuai region in China, and the rainfall in the south of the Yangtze River is less than normal. Members of the East Asian summer monsoon system, such as the South Asian high, the western Pacific Subtropical high, the Meiyu anchor trough in the southern Tibetan Plateau, and the low-level Northwest Pacific anticyclone, are all located more northward than those during the Meiyu period of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (4) Unlike the typical Meiyu area, the time series of Meiyu onset date in the NW area is not significantly related to the sea surface temperature in key areas such as the equatorial Indian Ocean and the equatorial central and eastern Pacific.