Pacific typhoon season

Tracks of all tropical cyclones in the northernwestern 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

## 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 |  ? Unnamed | 2,315 | 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 Patricia | >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 | 76 | 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 |
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.
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 |  STY 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.
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 |  TY Gloria | 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 |
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
VSTY 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) | 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, 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0  |  VSTY Yagi (Enteng) | 155 | $344 million | TBD | TBD | Fifth latest start for a Pacific typhoon season.
Total | 155 | 98 | 43 | 14 |  VITY Surigae
(Bising) | 1,886 | $51.2 billion | 17 names | 13 names |

## 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.

*[TD]: Tropical depressions
*[TS]: Tropical storms
*[TY]: Typhoons
*[STY]: Super typhoons