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, 2026 |
Seasons
editPre-1940
edit| Year | TD | TS | TY | Strongest storm | Deaths | Damage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | – | 23 | – | TY Guam typhoon | >1,965 | Unknown | |
| 1901 | – | 21 | – | TY De Witte typhoon | >4 | Unknown | |
| 1912 | 27 | - | – | TY Tacloban typhoon | >51,002 | Unknown | |
| 1922 | 24 | - | – | VSTY Swatow typhoon | >50,000–100,000+ | Unknown | |
| 1927 | 27 | 25 | 19 | VITY Eleven | 15,159 | $4 million | |
| 1931 | 30 | – | 19 | TY Unnamed | 300,349 | Unknown | |
| 1934 | 29 | – | - | VITY Muroto typhoon | >3,066 | Unknown | |
| 1936 | 33 | – | 19 | VITY Ten | 2,341 | Unknown | |
| 1937 | 25 | – | 18 | TY Unnamed | 11,525 | Unknown | |
| 1938 | 31 | – | – | TY Unnamed | 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 | – | TY July typhoon | 183 | Unknown | ||
| 1941 | – | 28 | – | – | TY Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 1942 | – | 30 | – | – | TY Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 1943 | – | 34 | – | – | TY Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ||
| 1944 | – | 23 | – | – | VITY 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
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 | |
| 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
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 | ||
| 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. Saw each month having at least one named storm. |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | VITY Tip (Warling) | >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 | |
| 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
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 | Third most intense Pacific typhoon season on record. |
| 1993 | 50 | 28 | 15 | 3 | STY Koryn (Goring) | 758 | >$1.96 billion | None | TY Monang | Most active typhoon season in the Philippines on record. |
| 1994 | 52 | 36 | 18 | 6 | STY Melissa STY Seth (Bidang) | 1,301 | $8.14 billion | None | None | Second most active tropical cyclone season on record. Fifth most intense Pacific typhoon season on record. |
| 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 Vamei, the closest tropical cyclone to the equator. | |
| 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 and Pongsona, one of the strongest typhoon to impact Guam on record. | |
| 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 | Most active and second most intense Pacific typhoon season since 1997. | |
| 2005 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 4 | VITY Haitang (Feria) | 629 | $9.73 billion | TY Matsa VSTY Nabi VSTY Longwang | None | Featured multiple typhoon landfalls in Taiwan and China. | |
| 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 and China. | |
| 2007 | 45 | 24 | 14 | 5 | VITY Sepat (Egay) | 463 | $7.73 billion | None | None | Featured Wipha, the strongest typhoon in China since Saomai in 2006. | |
| 2008 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 3 | VITY Jangmi (Ofel) | 1,965 | $5.97 billion | None | TY Cosme TY Frank | First season to have four named storms in May since 1980. Featured Fengshen, the deadliest typhoon in the Philippines since Durian in 2006 | |
| 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 wettest and deadliest typhoon to impact Taiwan in recorded history, Ketsana and Parma, tied as the most deadliest typhoon in the Philippines in the season and Nida, the strongest late season tropical cyclone in since Faxai in 2001. | |
| 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. Featured Megi, one of the most intense tropical cyclone 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 for the third-most retired names by PAGASA. Featured Washi, one of the deadliest tropical cyclone to strike Mindanao. |
| 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 1991, 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. Least active since 2011. Tied for the third-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 for the first time since 1965. Fourth most intense Pacific typhoon season. |
| 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 | Featured multiple landfalls in Indochina. Second latest start for a typhoon to develop since 1998, first since 1977 not to produce a Category 5 typhoon and lowest number of super typhoons since 1999. |
| 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 Pacific typhoon 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 and least deadly season since 2015. |
| 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) | 472 | $5.35 billion | VSTY Vongfong TS Linfa VSTY Molave VITY Goni VSTY Vamco | TY Ambo TY Quinta STY Rolly TY Ulysses | Featured Goni, the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone on record (in terms of 1-minute sustained wind speeds). Least active season since 2014. | |
| 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 Surigae, the most intense typhoon ever recorded in April and Rai, the most destructive and deadly typhoon in the Philippines since Haiyan in 2013. | |
| 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 | Featured one of the lowest number of super typhoons on record. Third 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 | Featured Mawar, the most intense tropical cyclone in May. Third least active season on record and second costliest season on record. Includes Doksuri, the costliest Pacific typhoon on record. | |
| 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 VSTY Usagi VITY Man-yi | 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 since 2019. Featured second most multiple typhoons to hit the Philippines, only behind 2006. Featured multiple landfalls in Taiwan since 2016. Most retired names on record by the JMA and PAGASA. | |
| 2025 | 41 | 27 | 13 | 1 | VITY Ragasa (Nando) | 653 | $10.8 billion | STS Wipha STS Co-May STS Mitag VITY Ragasa TY Bualoi TY Matmo VSTY Kalmaegi VSTY Fung-wong | STS Crising TY Emong TS Mirasol STY Nando TY Opong TY Tino STY Uwan | Fifth latest start for a named system to develop. Lowest number of super typhoons since 2017. Most active typhoon season in the Philippines since 2013. Featured multiple landfalls in Indochina since 2020 Second most retired names on record by the JMA and PAGASA. | |
| 2026 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | VITY Sinlaku | 36 | $1.59 billion | TBD | TBD | Earliest start for a named storm since 2019. Earliest first super typhoon since 2018. Saw each month having at least one named storm since 2015. | |
| Total | 229 | 146 | 67 | 23 | VITY Surigae (Bising) | 3,788 | $91 billion | 34 names | 28 names | ||
| References:[2] | |||||||||||
See also
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References
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- ↑ 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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