Abstract: To prevent and reduce a variety of shipping traffic accidents caused by meteorological disasters, it analyzes and explores theirs’ spatio-temporal change and driving factors by using the materials of fog and wind from 18 meteorological stations in the Dongting lake area during 1960-2014. The results show that nearly 55 years thick fog days were significantly reduced, mist days were significantly increased, gale days and the average wind speed were both significantly reduced. Thick fog days increased from north to south and decreased from the surrounding of horseshoe-shaped mountains to the middle of lakeside. Two high-value centers of mist days appeared in the northwest and the south, and the tongue-shaped distribution of low-value zone was from the east to the southwest. Gale days and the average wind speed were opposite basically to the distribution of fog. Thick days in northwest-center-southeast had the change trend with “reduce-increase-reduce”. Mist days in most stations were significantly increased, but the increase range of region was not obvious. Gale days in all stations were significantly reduced, the decrease range of high-value zone was located around the water body of Dongting Lake and low-value zone was located in the south. The average wind speed of most stations was significantly decreased, and the decrease range of high-value zone was located basically around the water body of Dongting Lake. The heating effect of the water body, climate warming and drying and human activities are important driving factors which influence spatio-temporal characteristics and change of fog and wind.