In order to have a deep understanding of the changing features of extreme temperature events under the influence of global warming in Western Hubei mountains, the variation characteristics of the extreme temperature events in Western Hubei mountains were analyzed and discussed based on the daily data of four meteorological stations in Enshi, Badong, Laifeng and Fangxian from 1971 to 2015, using methods of linear regression, moving average, Mann-Kendall test and Morlet wavelet. The results showed that the extreme minimum temperature, extreme maximum temperature and the number of high temperature days all showed an increasing trend in the past 45 years, among which, the extreme minimum temperature increased the most; whereas the number of frost days showed a decreasing trend. The number of extreme cold events decreased during the past 45 years, but the number of extreme hot events increased, with 1996 and 2007 as the abrupt change years, respectively. The extreme temperature events had the characteristics of periodic change of 5 and 18 a and so on, and the events changed alternatively. The research results can provide a reference for disaster prevention and mitigation and the formulation of a comprehensive mechanism for the prevention of extreme temperature meteorological disasters in western Hubei.