Abstract:Based on the hourly rain gauge records from 2013 to 2019,the temporal and spatial distribution characteristics of warm season precipitation in the slope area between the eastern periphery of the Tibet Plateau and southwestern Sichuan basin were examined. Results show that: (1) the accumulated warm season precipitation displayed large value in both southwestern and eastern region,but low in middle,and its center located at Longcanggou,Yingjing County,Ya'an City. The spatial distribution of precipitation frequency and precipitation intensity are also found quit different from that in accumulate precipitation,and among these three features,the precipitation intensity has a significant negative correlation with terrain height,that is,the higher the terrain height,the weaker the precipitation intensity. (2) The monthly and daily variations of hourly precipitation in warm season show a single peak structure. Except that, the precipitation intensity in Luding County peaks in June, but the cumulative precipitation and precipitation intensity in most study areas reach the peak in July or August. (3) The nocturnal rainfall dominates the warm season precipitation over the the eastern periphery of the Tibet Plateau. The diurnal rainfall peaks from 1500 UTC to 1600 UTC,when the lowest value reaches from 0500 UTC to 0600 UTC. The rainfall at night accounts for 76% of the whole day,which is significantly higher than that in the daytime. The diurnal peak value of cumulative precipitation,precipitation frequency and precipitation intensity show the trend of increasing from south to north and from west to East in horizontal space,and propagating from south to north and from east to west,and besides,the diurnal peaks advanced as the terrain height increased. (4) The hourly precipitation of 0.1-1.0 mm dominates the warm season precipitation in the slope area,with a high frequency of 60%-70%. The precipitation of different magnitude below 20 mm shows a single peak structure,while the short-term heavy precipitation(hourly precipitation above 20 mm) exhibits two diurnal peaks with on at midnight and the other at 2000 UTC. With the increase of hourly precipitation magnitude,the daily variation range of corresponding precipitation frequency also increases,and the peak time is gradually advanced.