To provide a driving control method of an article transfer machine and a driving control device of the article transfer machine, capable of properly driving and controlling a traveling motor and a lifting motor in response to a meteorological condition, without requiring a detecting means on the meteorological condition such as a temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature and a condensation detecting means for detecting condensation.

In this driving control method of the article transfer machine having a traveling carriage 20 for traveling on a track along a shelf body 12 having a plurality of article storage parts, a lifting body freely liftable to the traveling carriage 20, the traveling motor 24, and the lifting motor 25, and a driving control means 28 for driving and controlling both motors 24 and 25, the driving control method drives and controls the traveling motor 24 and the lifting motor 25 by a driving pattern in a selected driving mode, by selecting any driving mode from a plurality of driving modes preset in response to input data, by inputting at least temperature data to the driving control means 28 among temperature data and humidity data provided in advance.