Air temperature is analyzed to get an insight into the temporal change of air temperature in Huaihe River Basin (HRB).Based on the observed data from meteorological stations and the multi-temporal analysis methods including linear regression,anomalies analysis,wavelet and Rescaled Range Analysis,this paper analyzed the change trend and the period features of air temperature in HRB in 1960 ~ 2015.The results showed that (1) rising trend can be found in annual temperature,spring temperature,autumn temperature and winter temperature,but there was almost no change trend in summer temperature.A larger change range appeared since 1990s in spring temperature,autumn temperature and winter temperature.(2) Annual maximum temperature and minimum temperature showed an increasing trend,but the change range of annual maximum temperature was larger than that of the minimum temperature.(3) A period at about 2 years and 3 ~ 5 years can be checked for annual temperature,spring temperature,autumn temperature and winter temperature,but there was no significant period in summer temperature.(4) As for the long range change,a continuous change trend lasted in the near future for annual temperature,seasonal temperature,maximum temperature and minimum temperature.Since 1960,rising trend of different air temperature indicated a regional response to the global warming,however,change range of air temperature was larger in the seasons with relatively low air temperature,and air temperature will continue to increase in the near future.