Based on domestic and foreign shortterm climate forecast quality appr aisal method at the present stage, according to operation development needs, a n ew quality appraisal method for shortterm climate forecast was put forward. th e nearly 10 years shortterm climate forecast results for Liaoning Province sinc e 1994 were evaluated objectively by using the new method. By contrast with the o riginal appraisal conclusion, the results show that the new method is superior t o the original one, and can well reflect the level of current shortterm climat e forecast.