It is signifiecant to understand the change characteristics of regional precipitation series for implementing water resourcesmanagement and supporting industrial and agriculural production. The change trends， high flow and low flow characteristics andperiodicity of annual precipitation and seasonal precipitation in Zhumadian City were analyzed using the linear regression equationmethod, anomaly analysis method，Mann-Kendall trend test method，5-yearsliding mean method and Morlet wavelet analysismethod， based on the montly precipitation data from 1958 to 2011. The resuls show that at present,the annual precipitation,spring precipitation， summer precipitation,autumn precipitation and winter presipiation are changing with non -distinctive lineartendency ratio of -1.8mm/10a,-6.6mm/10a，13.1mm/10a， -10.8mm/10a and 1.6mm/1Oa，and the anmual precipitation and seasonalprecipitation of Zhumadian City are in the high flow and low flow periods.Meanwhile，the main period of annual precipitation is2years and seondary periods of annual precipitation are 2 years, 4 yeas and 8 years; the main periodls of spring preipitation is9years and the secondar， periods are 5 yeas and 18 yeas; the main period of summer precipitation is 23 years and thesecondary period,are 2 yeas and 7 years; the main pariod of autumn precipitation is 17 years and the secondary periods are 5years and 13 yeans; and the main period of winter precipitation is 13 years and secondary period are 2 years and 15 years.