Abstract: The data of the raindrop spectrum from a ground-based disdrometer at Chuzhou weather station during summers (June to August) of 2011-2013 were analyzed to investigate the characteristics of the raindrop spectrum of different precipitation types. According to the precipitation rate and its temporal variation, the precipitations were divided into the convective and stratiform precipitation. The results show that mass-weighted-averaged diameter (Dm) and normalized intercept parameter (lgNw) were 1.67 mm and 3.91 mm-1·m-3 for convective precipitation and 1.18 mm and 3.57 mm-1·m-3 for stratiform precipitation, respectively, implying that the convective precipitation was composed of larger drop size than those of the stratiform precipitation. The total number concentration (Nt) has a better relationship with Nw compared with Γ parameter N0.The three parameters of the Γ distribution decreased as the increasing precipitation rate. The shape index (μ) remains constant when the rainfall intensity (R) is large enough. The relationships of μ-Λ and Z (radar reflectivity)-R (precipitation rate) were also discussed.The Z-R relationships were Z=408R1.20 and Z=301R1.21 for the convective precipitation and the stratiform precipitation, respectively. The rain rate calculated using both the new and old Z-R relations was smaller than the observed rain rate; however, the calculated rain rate using the new Z-R relation was closer to the observed rain rate.