Abstract:In 2018,the precipitation in the first rainy season in South China (Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) is abnormally low,with the regional average total precipitation of 410.9 mm,which is about 40% less than the average climate.The results of this study show that the precipitation negative anomaly in the first rainy season in South China in 2018 is related to the warm sea temperature in the tropical northern Pacific (TNP).The SST positive anomaly in the tropical North Pacific results in the cyclonic circulation anomaly in the Northwest Pacific and the east wind anomaly in the South China Sea through the Mastuno-Gill response,which weakens the South China Sea summer monsoon.Abnormal anticyclonic circulation exists in the lower troposphere from South China to South China Sea.There is an abnormal transport of water vapor from the mid-latitude North Pacific Ocean to the tropical Pacific Ocean via the Kuroshio Sea Area,the South China Sea,and the Philippine Islands,and South China is an abnormal divergence region of water vapor.On the other hand,the warm sea temperature anomaly in the TNP region causes abnormal convergence in the lower layer,abnormal divergence in the upper layer,and abnormal upward movement in the region,leading to abnormal convergence in the upper layer,abnormal divergence in the lower layer,and abnormal subsidence movement in South China.This circulation arrangement is not conducive to the production of precipitation in South China,resulting in unusually little precipitation in South China's first rainy season in 2018.The physical mechanism of the TNP regional warm sea temperature anomaly causing the negative precipitation anomaly in South China's first rainy season in 2018 is also verified by the average test results of 30 member sets of the ECHAM5 model.