Pacific typhoon season
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The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons. The typhoon seasons are limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian (aka Prime Antimeridian).
| Period | Seasons |
|---|---|
| Pre-1900 | List of Pacific typhoons before 1850, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s |
| 1900s | 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 |
| 1910s | 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 |
| 1920s | 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 |
| 1930s | 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 |
| 1940s | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 |
| 1950s | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 |
| 1960s | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 |
| 1970s | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| 1980s | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| 1990s | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| 2000s | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| 2010s | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 2020s | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
Seasons
[edit]Pre-1940
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage | Notes | |
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| 1900 | – | 23 | – | ? Guam typhoon | >1,965 | Unknown | ||
| 1901 | – | 21 | – | ? De Witte typhoon | >4 | Unknown | ||
| 1927 | 27 | 25 | 19 | ? Eleven | 15,159 | $4 million | ||
| 1931 | 30 | – | 19 | ? Unnamed | 300,349 | Unknown | ||
| 1936 | 33 | – | 19 | ? Unnamed | 2,341 | Unknown | ||
| 1937 | 25 | - | 18 | ? Unnamed | 11,525 | Unknown | ||
| 1938 | 31 | – | – | ? Unknown | 338 | Unknown | ||
| 1939 | 28 | 24 | 22 | TY Twenty-Six | 1,185 | $106.15 million | ||
| References:[1] | ||||||||
1940s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 43 | – | 27 | – | ? July typhoon | 183 | Unknown | ||
| 1941 | – | 28 | – | – | ? Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 1942 | – | 30 | – | – | ? Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 1943 | – | 34 | – | – | ? Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 1944 | – | 23 | – | – | ? Cobra | >790 | Unknown | ||
| 1945 | – | 26 | 13 | – | TY Ida | >3,798 | Unknown | None | First official season to be included in the West Pacific typhoon database. |
| 1946 | – | 15 | 10 | – | TY Lilly | Unknown | Unknown | None | |
| 1947 | – | 27 | 19 | 1 | TY Rosalind | Unknown | Unknown | None | |
| 1948 | – | 26 | 15 | 1 | TY Karen | Unknown | Unknown | None | |
| 1949 | 33 | 22 | 14 | 1 | TY Allyn | >1,790 | $127 million | TY Kitty TY Lise TS Madeline TY Nelly TY Omelia TY Patricia TY Rena TY Allyn TY Camilla |
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| References:[1] | |||||||||
1950s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names (JTWC) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | – | 18 | 12 | 1 | STY Doris | 544 | Unknown | TS Delilah TS Helene TY Jane TY Kezia TS Lucretia TY Missatha TY Ossia TY Petie |
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| 1951 | 31 | 25 | 16 | 1 | TY Marge | 1,185 | $106.15 million | None | |
| 1952 | – | 29 | 20 | 6 | STY Wilma | 1,070 | Unknown | TS Jeanne TY Lois TY Nona TY Vae STY Wilma |
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| 1953 | – | 24 | 17 | 5 | STY Nina | 430 | Unknown | None | |
| 1954 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 5 | STY Ida | 1,530 | Unknown | None | |
| 1955 | 39 | 31 | 20 | 4 | STY Clara | Unknown | Unknown | None | |
| 1956 | 39 | 26 | 18 | 5 | STY Wanda | >5,980 | $60.5 million | None | |
| 1957 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 8 | STY Lola | 644 | Unknown | None | |
| 1958 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 9 | STY Ida | Unknown | Unknown | None | |
| 1959 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 8 | STY Joan | >8,557 | $755 million | None | Featured Vera, the strongest typhoon on record to make landfall in Japan. |
| References:[1] | |||||||||
1960s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTWC | PAGASA | |||||||||
| 1960 | 39 | 30 | 19 | 2 | STY Shirley | >2,869 | $69 million | TS Lucille STY Ophelia |
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| 1961 | 53 | 35 | 20 | 8 | STY Nancy | 308 | Unknown | None | ||
| 1962 | 38 | 30 | 23 | 6 | STY Emma | 1,700 | $325 million | STY Karen | ||
| 1963 | 36 | 25 | 19 | 8 | STY Judy | Unknown | Unknown | None | None | First season in which PAGASA names tropical cyclones. |
| 1964 | 58 | 39 | 26 | 7 | STY Sally (Aring) STY Wilda |
>8,743 | Unknown | TY Tilda | TY Dading | Most active tropical cyclone season recorded globally. |
| 1965 | 44 | 35 | 21 | 11 | STY Bess | Unknown | Unknown | None | None | Record high eleven super typhoons formed, tied with 1997. |
| 1966 | 51 | 30 | 20 | 3 | STY Kit (Emang) | 1,146 | $377.6 million | None | None | |
| 1967 | 40 | 35 | 20 | 5 | STY Carla (Trining) | Unknown | Unknown | None | STY Welming | |
| 1968 | 39 | 29 | 20 | 4 | STY Agnes | Unknown | Unknown | None | None | |
| 1969 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 2 | STY Elsie (Narsing) | Unknown | Unknown | None | None | |
| Total | 432 | 308 | 201 | 56 | >14,766 | $771.6 million | 4 names | 2 names | ||
| References:[1] | ||||||||||
1970s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTWC | PAGASA | ||||||||||
| 1970 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 7 | STY Hope | >1,847 | >$216 million | None | STY Pitang STY Sening TY Titang TY Yoling |
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| 1971 | 70 | 35 | 24 | 6 | STY Irma (Ining) | 617 | $57.7 million | None | None | ||
| 1972 | 63 | 31 | 24 | 2 | STY Rita (Gloring) | 1,169 | $585 million | None | None | ||
| 1973 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 3 | STY Nora (Luming) | >1,011 | >$7 million | None | None | Featured the second most intense typhoon on record, Nora (tied with June 1975) | |
| 1974 | 55 | 32 | 16 | 0 | TY Gloria (Aning) | >361 | >1.55 billion | TY Bess | TY Wening | ||
| 1975 | 39 | 21 | 14 | 3 | STY June (Rosing) | >229,195 | >$1.35 billion | None | None | Deadliest typhoon season on record. Featured June, the second most intense typhoon on record (tied with Nora 1973) | |
| 1976 | 51 | 25 | 15 | 4 | STY Louise (Welpring) | >650 | >$1.16 billion | None | TY Didang | ||
| 1977 | 54 | 21 | 11 | 3 | STY Babe (Miling) | >235 | >$23 million | None | TY Unding | ||
| 1978 | 63 | 30 | 16 | 1 | STY Rita (Kading) | >371 | >$100 million | None | TY Atang STY Kading |
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| 1979 | 54 | 24 | 12 | 4 | VITY Tip (Warling) | >541 | >$2.24 billion | None | None | Tip was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. | |
| Total | 544 | 266 | 157 | 31 | >235,997 | >$7.29 billion | 1 name | 9 names | |||
| References:[1] | |||||||||||
1980s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTWC | PAGASA | |||||||||
| 1980 | 44 | 24 | 15 | 2 | STY Wynne (Welpring) | 493 | >$200 million | None | None | |
| 1981 | 52 | 29 | 13 | 2 | STY Elsie (Tasing) | >1,268 | >$280.2 million | TY Hazen | None | |
| 1982 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 2 | STY Mac (Uding) | 805 | >$2.41 billion | STY Bess | None | |
| 1983 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 4 | STY Forrest (Ising) | >1,021 | $397 million | None | None | Latest start for a Pacific typhoon season on record. Featured the fastest intensification of a tropical cyclone on record, Forrest |
| 1984 | 44 | 27 | 16 | 2 | STY Vanessa (Toyang) | 2,919 | >$1.1 billion | TY Ike | TY Nitang TY Undang |
Second latest start for a Pacific typhoon season. |
| 1985 | 57 | 28 | 15 | 1 | STY Dot (Saling) | 1,355 | >$243.1 million | None | None | |
| 1986 | 48 | 29 | 19 | 3 | STY Peggy (Gading) | >905 | >$508.5 million | None | None | Wayne was the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record in the north-western Pacific. |
| 1987 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 6 | STY Betty (Herming) | 1,402 | $1.3 billion | None | STY Katring STY Herming STY Sisang |
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| 1988 | 54 | 31 | 11 | 1 | STY Nelson (Paring) | >786 | >$503.9 million | TY Roy | TY Unsang TY Yoning |
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| 1989 | 55 | 32 | 20 | 5 | STY Gordon (Goring) STY Elsie (Tasing) |
3,328 | $2.24 billion | None | None | |
| Total | 455 | 271 | 155 | 28 | STY Forrest (Ising) | >13,477 | >$9.18 billion | 4 names | 7 names | |
| References:[1] | ||||||||||
1990s
[edit]| Year |
TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTWC | PAGASA | |||||||||
| 1990 | 41 | 29 | 19 | 4 | STY Flo (Norming) | 1,608 | $5.25 billion | STY Mike | STY Ruping | |
| 1991 | 38 | 29 | 17 | 5 | STY Yuri | 5,574 | $17.1 billion | STY Mireille TS Thelma |
TS Uring | Mireille was the costliest typhoon on record, until surpassed by Doksuri in 2023. |
| 1992 | 40 | 31 | 16 | 5 | STY Gay (Seniang) | 399 | $2.64 billion | STY Omar | None | |
| 1993 | 50 | 28 | 15 | 3 | STY Koryn (Goring) | 758 | >$1.96 billion | None | TY Monang | |
| 1994 | 52 | 36 | 18 | 6 | STY Melissa STY Seth (Bidang) |
1,301 | $8.14 billion | None | None | |
| 1995 | 47 | 24 | 8 | 5 | STY Angela (Rosing) | 1,314 | $1.21 billion | STY Angela | STY Rosing | |
| 1996 | 52 | 25 | 16 | 6 | STY Herb (Huaning) | 936 | $6.88 billion | None | None | |
| 1997 | 47 | 28 | 16 | 11 | STY Ivan (Narsing) STY Joan |
4,036 | >$4.59 billion | None | None | Most Category 5 storms in a single season on record. Featured two simultaneous Category 5 typhoons at the same time (Ivan and Joan). |
| 1998 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 3 | STY Zeb (Iliang) | 924 | $950.8 million | None | STY Iliang STY Loleng |
Latest start for the first named system to develop, second least active Pacific typhoon season on record. |
| 1999 | 45 | 20 | 5 | 1 | STY Bart (Oniang) | 976 | $18.36 billion | None | None | Featured the lowest number of typhoons on record. |
| Total | 445 | 266 | 138 | 38 | STY Flo (Norming) | 17,826 | $67.08 billion | 5 names | 6 names | |
| References:[1] | ||||||||||
2000s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMA | PAGASA | |||||||||
| 2000 | 51 | 23 | 13 | 4 | VITY Bilis (Isang) | 467 | >$13.12 billion | None | None | First year using names assigned by the JMA. |
| 2001 | 45 | 25 | 16 | 3 | VITY Faxai | 1,193 | $2.32 billion | TS Vamei | TY Nanang | Featured the closest tropical cyclone to the equator (Vamei). |
| 2002 | 44 | 26 | 15 | 8 | VSTY Fengshen | 725 | $9.54 billion | VSTY Chataan TY Rusa VSTY Pongsona |
None | Featured Chataan, the deadliest typhoon to impact Chuuk in Micronesia |
| 2003 | 45 | 21 | 14 | 5 | VITY Maemi (Pogi) | 360 | $6.43 billion | TS Yanyan VSTY Imbudo VITY Maemi |
STY Harurot | Featured Maemi, the most powerful typhoon to strike South Korea on record. |
| 2004 | 45 | 29 | 19 | 6 | VITY Chaba | 2,435 | $18.51 billion | VSTY Sudal TY Tingting TY Rananim |
TY Unding TD Violeta TD Winnie |
Third most active Pacific typhoon season. |
| 2005 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 4 | VITY Haitang (Feria) | 629 | $9.73 billion | TY Matsa VSTY Nabi VSTY Longwang |
None | |
| 2006 | 43 | 23 | 15 | 6 | VITY Yagi | 3,886 | $14.4 billion | VSTY Chanchu STS Bilis VITY Saomai VSTY Xangsane VITY Durian |
TY Milenyo STY Reming |
Featured multiple typhoon landfalls in the Philippines. |
| 2007 | 45 | 24 | 14 | 5 | VITY Sepat (Egay) | 463 | $7.73 billion | None | None | |
| 2008 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 3 | VITY Jangmi (Ofel) | 1,965 | $5.97 billion | None | TY Cosme TY Frank |
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| 2009 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 5 | VITY Nida (Vinta) | 2,348 | $10.29 billion | TY Morakot TY Ketsana VSTY Parma |
TS Feria TS Ondoy STY Pepeng |
Featured Morakot, the deadliest typhoon to impact Taiwan in recorded history. |
| Total | 433 | 239 | 143 | 48 | VITY Nida (Vinta) | 14,471 | $98.04 billion | 21 names | 13 names | |
| References:[1] | ||||||||||
2010s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm |
Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMA | PAGASA | |||||||||
| 2010 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 1 | VITY Megi (Juan) |
384 | $2.95 billion | VSTY Fanapi | STY Juan TY Katring |
Least active Pacific typhoon season on record. |
| 2011 | 39 | 21 | 8 | 4 | VITY Songda (Chedeng) |
3,111 | $7.68 billion | STS Washi | TS Bebeng TY Juaning STY Mina TY Pedring STS Sendong |
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| 2012 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 4 | VITY Sanba (Karen) |
2,486 | $20.79 billion | TY Vicente VITY Bopha |
STY Pablo | Fifth costliest season ever recorded. |
| 2013 | 49 | 31 | 13 | 5 | VITY Haiyan (Yolanda) |
6,836 | $26.43 billion | STS Sonamu VITY Utor TY Fitow VITY Haiyan |
STY Labuyo TY Santi STY Yolanda |
Most active since 2004, deadliest since 1975, fourth-costliest season on record. |
| 2014 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 8 | VITY Vongfong (Ompong) |
572 | $12.92 billion | VSTY Rammasun | TY Glenda STY Jose TS Mario STY Ruby TS Seniang |
Most Category 5 typhoons since 1997. |
| 2015 | 39 | 27 | 18 | 9 | VITY Soudelor (Hanna) |
349 | $14.84 billion | VITY Soudelor VSTY Mujigae VSTY Koppu VSTY Melor |
STY Lando TY Nona |
Saw each month having a named storm active since 1965. |
| 2016 | 51 | 26 | 13 | 6 | VITY Meranti (Ferdie) |
942 | $17.69 billion | VITY Meranti VSTY Sarika VITY Haima VITY Nock-ten |
TY Karen STY Lawin STY Nina |
Fourth latest start for a Pacific typhoon season and second latest start for the first named system to develop. |
| 2017 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 2 | VSTY Lan (Paolo) |
853 | $15.1 billion | TY Hato TS Kai-tak TY Tembin |
TS Urduja TY Vinta |
Second latest start for a typhoon to develop since 1998, first since 1977 not to produce a Category 5 typhoon. |
| 2018 | 45 | 29 | 13 | 7 | VITY Kong-rey (Queenie) VITY Yutu (Rosita) |
793 | $30.23 billion | TS Rumbia VITY Mangkhut VITY Yutu |
STY Ompong STY Rosita TD Usman |
Fourth earliest start for a tropical storm to develop since 1949, third-costliest season on record. |
| 2019 | 50 | 29 | 17 | 5 | VITY Halong | 453 | $38.96 billion | VITY Lekima VSTY Faxai VITY Hagibis VSTY Kammuri TY Phanfone |
TY Tisoy TY Ursula |
Earliest start for a tropical storm to develop on record, costliest season on record. |
| Total | 410 | 252 | 125 | 51 | VITY Megi (Juan) | 16,779 | $188 billion | 28 names | 28 names | |
| References:[1] | ||||||||||
2020s
[edit]| Year | TD | TS | TY | STY | Strongest storm |
Deaths | Damage (USD) |
Retired names | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JMA | PAGASA | |||||||||
| 2020 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 2 | VITY Goni (Rolly) |
457 | $6 billion | VSTY Vongfong TS Linfa VSTY Molave VITY Goni VSTY Vamco |
TY Ambo TY Quinta STY Rolly TY Ulysses |
Featured the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record (in terms of 1-minute sustained wind speeds), Goni. |
| 2021 | 41 | 22 | 9 | 5 | VITY Surigae (Bising) |
585 | $2.74 billion | STS Conson STS Kompasu VITY Rai |
TY Jolina STS Maring STY Odette |
Includes the most intense typhoon ever recorded in April, Surigae. |
| 2022 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 3 | VITY Nanmadol (Josie) |
498 | $5.07 billion | VSTY Malakas TS Megi STS Ma-on VITY Hinnamnor VSTY Noru STS Nalgae |
TS Agaton STS Florita STY Karding STS Paeng |
Most retired names on record by the JMA. |
| 2023 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 | VITY Mawar (Betty) |
191 | $37 billion | VSTY Doksuri VITY Saola VSTY Haikui |
STY Egay STY Goring |
Third least active season on record and second costliest season on record. Includes the costliest typhoon on record, Doksuri. |
| 2024 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | VITY Yagi (Enteng) |
1,237 | $26.8 billion | TBD | TBD | Fifth latest start for a Pacific typhoon season. Deadliest season since 2013. First season to have four storms active at the same time in November.[2] Currently active. First season to have above average in terms of named storm since 2019 Fourth costliest Pacific typhoon season on record. |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None | None | TBD | TBD | ||
| Total | 178 | 113 | 51 | 20 | VITY Surigae (Bising) |
2,968 | $77.1 billion | 17 names | 13 names | |
See also
[edit]
Parent topics
[edit]Other tropical cyclone basins
[edit]- Atlantic hurricane season
- Pacific hurricane season
- North Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season
- South-West Indian Ocean tropical cyclone season
- Australian region tropical cyclone season
- South Pacific tropical cyclone season
- South Atlantic tropical cyclone
- Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Unattributed (August 31, 2010). "Annual frequency of cyclonic disturbances (Maximum sustained windspeeds of 17 knots or more), Cyclones (34 knots or more) and Severe Cyclones (48 knots or more) over the Bay of Bengal (BOB), Arabian Sea (AS) and land surface of India" (PDF). India Meteorological Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
- ^ Shackelford, Helen Regan, Robert (November 12, 2024). "Four storms churning the West Pacific at the same time mean more bad news for the Philippines". CNN. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
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