Based on wire icing observation data at 18 icing meteorological stations and conventional meteorological observation data at 91 meteorological stations of Shanxi Province, the meteorological estimation model of designed wire icing thickness was built by using stepwise regression analysis in different climatic regions, respectively. Then, the designed wire icing thickness at each station under 30-year, 50-year and 100-year return periods was estimated by regression models. And on this basis, combined with DEM data and wire icing observation data in the process of power grid operation and maintenance, the designed wire icing thickness was corrected by terrain, and it in easily icing areas was modified according to operating experience of power grid, the spatial distribution and division of wire icing thickness were obtained in Shanxi Province. The results are as follows: (1) The designed wire icing thickness in Shanxi Province was closely related to air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and water vapor pressure, it was also related to precipitation and sunshine duration in alpine region, and the influence of meteorological conditions on continuous previous three days on icing thickness was obvious, while that in hilly and plain region was closely related to meteorological conditions on the day and previous day or two days. (2) The regional meteorological estimation model had a good effect on simulating wire icing thickness in each region of Shanxi Province, and the deviation was about 2 mm at Wutai Mountain station before the relocating, while that was less than 1.2 mm in other areas. (3) The results after the terrain correction could perform more reasonably the spatial distribution characteristics of wire icing thickness under different return periods in Shanxi Province. The wire icing thickness decreased with the decrease of latitude, the medium and heavy icing thickness mainly distributed in high elevation areas of Hengshan, Wutai, Guancen, Lvliang, Taiyue and Taihang Mountains, while the icing thickness was thin relatively along the Yellow River and in basin, and that in basin was the thinnest. (4) After the modification of operating experience in easily icing areas of power grid, the wire icing thickness could show more accurately the real situation of icing in local micro-terrain areas, which had practical reference value to electricity department.