Based on the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data set and daily precipitation data from more than 2 000 stations compiled by the National Climate Center, the atmospheric circulation features and its possible causes of the abnormal precipitation in the autumn of West China in 2017 were analyzed. Results indicate that at 500 hPa geopotential height in autumn 2017, the circulation pattern of one ridge and one trough is maintained in the middle and high latitudes of Eurasia, with a strong ridge of high pressure over Scandinavia Peninsula, and a deep trough from the east of Ural Mountain to Balkhash Lake. At the same time, the subtropical high in the western Pacific is very strong and extends westward. The cold air from the polar region converges with the warm and humid air from the Pacific Ocean and the Bay of Bengal in West China. The West China region is located in the upper divergence region to the south of the entrance region of the East Asian subtropical westerly jet. The lower level corresponds to the strong convergence region and the abnormal upward movement, which is conducive to the maintenance of precipitation. Results further show that most of the autumn rain anomalies in West China of 2017 are the result of the combined effects of the abnormal warm Barents Sea surface temperature, the abnormal warm mid-latitude North Atlantic sea surface temperature, and the La Niña type Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies in the equatorial Middle East Pacific. Among them, the interdecadal variations of the Barents Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly (SSTA) and the autumn rain in West China are relatively consistent. Both of them have been in the same negative phase since 1986, but they have changed from negative phase to positive phase since 2000. There is also a significant interdecadal transition between the SSTA in the North Atlantic and the autumn rain in West China in autumn, and the relationship between them has changed from non-existent to positive correlation before and after 2002. The influence of the above SSTA on the autumn rain in West China is also verified by a series of simulation experiments of atmospheric circulation model.