Based on the daily temperature data from 153 stations in Northeast China during 1961-2010, the climate characteristics of sterile-type chilling injury in rice and its relationship with temperature at booting and blossomingflowering stage was investigated by using statistical method. The results showed that the amount of the sterile-type chilling injury in rice plants decreased in most area of Northeast China with the characteristic of evident regional distribution, which had a increase trend in Jilin province at booting stage and some areas of Liaoning province at blossoming stage. The interannual fluctuation frequency of sterile-type chilling injury was significant over recent 50 years, which showed a decreasing trend as a whole except for the period between 2001 and 2010. There was a significant negative correlation between temperature and cold disaster in growth period because the sterile-type chilling injury was sensitive to temperature change. The cold disaster in Northeast China might reduce 35 stations with per 1℃increase. Further studies showed that the decrease of sterile-type chilling injury, which induced by the increasing temperature during growth period, was the result of joint effects from both interannual and interdecadal change.