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
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

Pre-1940

Year	TD	TS	TY	Strongest storm	Deaths	Damage	Notes
								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

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
References:[1]

1950s

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
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

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
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

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
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
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

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
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

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

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
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

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
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

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	12	6	VITY  Yagi (Enteng)  VITY  Krathon (Julian)	1,237	$26.3 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.
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

Parent topics

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

Other tropical cyclone basins

• 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

1. 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.