Pacific typhoon season

Tracks of all tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between 1980 and 2005. The vertical line to the right is the Prime Antimeridian, which corresponds in part to the International Date Line.

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

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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

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### Pre-1940

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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 |  VITY  Ten | 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

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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 |
References:[1]

### 1950s

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1950 | – | 18 | 12 | 1 |  STY  Doris | 544 | Unknown |  TS  Delilah
TS  Helene
TY  Jane
TY  Kezia
TS  Lucretia
TY  Missatha
TY  Ossia
TY  Petie |
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 |
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

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1960 | 39 | 30 | 19 | 2 |  STY  Shirley | >2,869 | $69 million |  TS  Lucille
STY  Ophelia |  |
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

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1970 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 7 |  STY  Hope | >1,847 | >$216 million | None |  STY  Pitang
STY  Sening
TY  Titang
TY  Yoling |
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 vivid 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 |
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

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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 |
1988 | 54 | 31 | 11 | 1 |  STY  Nelson (Paring) | >786 | >$503.9 million |  TY  Roy |  TY  Unsang
TY  Yoning |
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

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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

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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 |
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

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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 | Tied with the second-most retired names by PAGASA.
2012 | 34 | 25 | 14 | 4 |  VITY  Sanba
(Karen) | 2,486 | $20.79 billion |  TY  Vicente
VSTY  Bopha |  STY  Pablo | Featured Bopha, the strongest storm to make landfall in Mindanao.
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, fifth-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.

Tied with the second-most retired names by PAGASA.

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
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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 |
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### 2020s

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2020 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 2 |  VITY  Goni
(Rolly) | 472 | $5.35 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) | 579 | $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 | Second most retired names on record by the JMA.
2023 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 4 |  VITY  Mawar
(Betty) | 219 | $37.6 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) | 1,336 | $29.6 billion |  TY  Ewiniar
VITY  Yagi
TY  Jebi
VITY  Krathon
STS  Trami
VSTY  Kong-rey
TY  Toraji
VITY  Man-yi
VSTY  Usagi |  TY  Aghon
STS  Enteng
STY  Julian
STS  Kristine
STY  Leon
TY  Nika
STY  Ofel
STY  Pepito | Fifth latest start for a Pacific typhoon season.
Deadliest since 2013, most active since 2019, fourth-costliest season on record.
First season to have four storms active at the same time in November.
Featured second most multiple typhoons to hit the Philippines, only behind 2006.
Most retired names on record by the JMA and PAGASA.
2025 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0  |  TY  Krosa | 126 | None | TBD | TBD |
Total | 181 | 114 | 52 | 20 |  VITY  Surigae
(Bising) | 3,104 | $80.4 billion | 25 names | 21 names |
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## See also

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* Tropical cyclones portal

### Parent topics

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* Tropical cyclone
* List of environment topics
* Outline of tropical cyclones
* Tropical cyclone naming

### Other tropical cyclone basins

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* 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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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