Based on the data of 110 meteorological stations in coastal region of China in 1960-2013, the variation of extreme temperature indices was analyzed. The result showed that in the last 54 years the absolute indices, i.e., coldest day (TXn), warmest day (TXx), coldest night (TNn) and warmest night (TNx), have increased significantly, and TNn showed an increasing rate of 0.40℃ per decade. The diurnal temperature range (DTR), cool days (TX10p) and cool nights (TN10p) have decreased significantly by -0.12℃, -0.7 days and -2.19 days per decade, respectively. The percentile indices, including warm days (TX90p) and warm night (TN90p), have increased by 1.31 days and 2.24 days per decade, respectively. In the recent 30 years, summer days (SU25) and tropical nights (TR20) have increased by 6.35 days and 5.28 days per decade, respectively. For the spatial distribution of TXn, TXx, TNn and TNx, 97%, 71%, 97% and 97% of meteorological stations showed increasing trends during 1960-2013, respectively, and most stations are statistically significant at the 0.01 level. For TX10p, TN10p and DTR, the proportions of meteorological stations with decreasing trends are up to 90%, 99% and 81%, respectively. Most extreme temperature indices show a good correlation with latitude, longitude, and altitude. After the detected climate abrupt changes, TX10p, TN10p and DTR decreased, and the other indices increased significantly.