Rainfall variability is one of the key factors that affect agricultural production in any region. Hence the proper understanding of rainfall pattern and its trend may help water resources development and to take decision for the developmental activities of that place. The present study is on attempt to evaluate the temporal variability of Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh, India, during the period from 1901 to 2019. Long term change in rainfall was determined by Mann-Kendall rank statistics and linear trend analysis. The analysis revealed insignificant slight decrease in all monsoon rainfall season over Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh. Rainfall decline is more predominant in June, July, August but not so in September during the monsoon season. An important aspect of the present study is the insignificant increase in all season. There was a major shift in rainfall pattern temporarily during recent years as indicates that the decades wise increasing in annual and post-monsoon rainfall is significant at 0.01 and 0.05 levels respectively.  It is also pre-monsoon, south west monsoon and winter rainfall of Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh shows increasing trend.

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