Abstract: Based on the data of forest fire during 2008-2017,along with corresponding MODIS and VIIRS satellite remote-sensing monitoring data and conventional meteorological data in Hunan Province,the spatio-temporal distribution characteristics of forest fire in Hunan Province were analyzed.Furthermore,the paper focused on the relationship between forest fires and meteorological conditions that caused serious disasters during February 14 th to 19 th,2018.The results showed that the most frequent months of forest fires during 2008-2017 were in February,March and April,and the highest number of forest fires was 3 800 in March.Forest fire occurred most frequently in Shaoyang,followed by Chenzhou,Changsha and Yongzhou.The largest cumulative area of forest fire disaster was in Yongzhou,Huaihua and Shaoyang,reaching 6 800 ～ 7 500 hm~2.The case study showed that during the forest fire the meteorological conditions were:high air temperature,small relatively humidity,less precipitation and the average wind speed was generally more than 0.5 m/s.During the severe fire period,the maximum wind speed increases to 4 ～ 6 m/s,and the wind direction was mainly easterly and southerly.Under the consistent control of Southwest airflow from the upper to the lower,and the weather situation in Hunan was relatively stable.