Based on data of temperature and precipitation in Benxi City from 1951 to 2010,variation characteristics and abrupt changes of the climate in Benxi City during recent 60 years were analyzed using linear trend and Mann-Kendall method. The results showed that annual average temperature in Benxi City showed an upward trend in recent 60 years,with the linear tendency rate of 0. 12 ℃ /10 a; average temperature in each season also showed an increasing trend,and the increase was the greatest in winter,followed by spring,autumn and summer. Annual precipitation showed a decreasing trend,as well as average precipitation in summer,autumn and winter. According to the variation characteristics of temperature and precipitation in Benxi,the climate tended to be warming and drying over the past 60 years; the temperature and precipitation had significant periodic and seasonal variations.
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