Oasis-desert ecotone that lies between oasis and desert is bridgehead of the advance and retreat of Oasis (desert), which is ecological fragile zone taking on the trend of degradation. Its special characteristics of the surface energy exchange has a profound impact on the formation and development of the regional ecological environment. Therefore, better studying the law of surface energy transmission of oasis-desert ecotone can provide the scientific foundation of establishing the micro-climate model of the ecotone, achieving the optimal allocation of natural resources and promoting sustainable development of oasis. Based on the observed data of the experiment carried out in the oasis-desert ecotone of northern piedmont of Tianshan Mountains from July to September in 2010, the characteristics of the daily variations of the surface energy balance, energy distribution and the relationship between latent heat and other surface energy were analysed. The results show that there are many differences in the daily variations of the surface energy under different weather conditions. Each energy component curve appears as ‘single peak’ type on clear day, whose circadian variation is significant. Affect by the variation of cloudiness, the curve of overcast day displays as ‘multiple peak’ type with peak and valley frequently alternating. Influenced by the precipitation change, the curve of rainy day manifests ‘partial peak’ type. Owing to the precipitation, the curve of average is basically consistent with the clear day. Unlike the most previous experimental results of the arid areas, the latent heat (LE) is the main energy transmission of the oasis-desert zone under any weather conditions, followed by sensible heat (H) and soil heat flux (G). The LE/Rn of sunny day reaches 72.4%.Due to the complement of the soil heat flux (G), LE/Rn of overcast day is up to 131%. As the transitional hydrothermal property and the dry-heat air transported by advection from desert, the average value of LE/Rn (58.8%) was much larger than Hexi Corridor desert, Dunhuang gobi for the same period in the arid zone, while smaller than the irrigated wheat area of oasis. That the average LE/Rn is between desert and oasis well reflects the transitional character of energy distribution. The daily changing trends of energy distribution under any weather condition are basically in accordance: energy of daytime is latent heat mainly and night is different. The curve of G/Rn、H/Rn and LE/Rn in daytime is smooth, that fluctuate continually in night, however, the most violent in sunrise and sunset. The LE/Rn and G/Rn curve of sunrise fluctuations strongest, which display the peak-valley complementarity. The Bowen ratio(8:00-18:00)of the clear, average and overcast day decreases in turn. They are less than 1, indicating that energy distribution are mainly the latent heat in the daytime. However, the rainy day shows greater volatility with the upward trend as a whole. The correlation coefficients between LE and other energy including Rn, H, G are different due to weather condition. They are all highly correlated in clear days, followed by cloudy days and rainy days, while in clear days they show similar to the average condition.