Abstract: [Objective] In order to provide a reference basis for the assessment of meteorological disaster risk and the prevention of soil erosion, the spatial and temporal distribution characteristics of rainfall erosivity under different levels of rainfall in Jilin Province were analyzed. [Methods] Based on the daily rainfall data of 51 meteorological stations in Jilin Province from 1980 to 2022, they were divided into different magnitudes of rainfall according to rainfall grades. The daily rainfall erosivity calculation model proposed by Xie was adopted to calculating the rainfall erosivity, M-K mutation test, coefficient of variation, and climate tendency rate were used to analyze the spatial and temporal distribution of different grades of rainfall erosivity. [Results] (1) The average annual erosive rainfall and rainfall erosivity in Jilin Province during 1980-2022 were 420.04 mm and 1967.12 MJ·mm/(hm2·h), respectively, and the coefficients of variation were 0.27 and 0.2, which were both moderate variations. (2) Different grades of rainfall erosivity showed an upward trend during the past 5 decades. The torrential rain erosivity increased by 57.7 MJ·mm/(hm2·h·10a) the largest, while the moderate rainfall erosivity increased by 5.8 MJ·mm/(hm2·h·10a) the smallest. The contribution of heavy rain erosivity to average annual rainfall erosivity was the largest, which was 36.68%. (3) The distribution of different grades of rainfall erosivity was uneven throughout the year. Moderate rainfall erosivity occurring throughout the year, and heavy rainfall erosivity only occurred from June to September. From October to May of the next year, the moderate rainfall erosivity played a dominant role in the annual rainfall erosivity. From June to September, the heavy and torrential rain erosivity gradually replaced moderate rainfall erosivity, and played a dominant role in the annual rainfall erosivity. (4) The spatial distribution of average annual erosive rainfall, average annual rainfall erosivity and different grades of rainfall erosivity showed a pattern of high in the Central and South, and low in the East and West. [Conclusion] The regional characteristics of different grades of rainfall erosivity in Jilin Province were obvious, and the time and areas with high probability of soil erosion caused by different grades of rainfall were identified, providing a reference basis for formulating meteorological disaster prevention and the measures of water and soil conservation according to local conditions.