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2016 Pacific typhoon season

The 2016 Pacific typhoon season is considered to have been the fourth-latest start for a Pacific typhoon season since reliable records began. It was an average season, with a total of 26 named storms, 13 typhoons, and six super typhoons. The season ran throughout 2016, though typically most tropical cyclones develop between May and October. The season's first named storm, Nepartak, developed on July 3, while the season's last named storm, Nock-ten, dissipated on December 28.

2016 Pacific typhoon season

May 25, 2016

December 28, 2016

220 km/h (140 mph)
(10-minute sustained)

890 hPa (mbar)

51

26

13

6 (unofficial)[nb 1]

942 total

$16.96 billion (2016 USD)

The development of Nepartak made the second-latest time within a season for the first named storm to develop and ended a 199-day period (from December 17, 2015 – July 3, 2016) during which no named storm was active in the basin. Tropical Storm Mirinae reached peak intensity while making landfall over the Red River Delta, causing very severe damage in Northern Vietnam. By the end of August, three storms had hit the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, the most since 1951. In September, Typhoon Meranti reached peak intensity with a minimum pressure of 890 hPa, becoming one of the most intense tropical cyclones on record. Typhoon Chaba became the strongest typhoon to strike South Korea since 2012. Tropical Storm Aere and a tropical depression brought the worst flooding in Vietnam since 2011. The last storm of the season, Typhoon Nock-ten, became the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded worldwide on Christmas Day (December 25) since at least 1960, in terms of 1-minute maximum sustained winds.


The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator between 100°E and 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)[nb 2] will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin, whilst the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N–25°N regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JMA. Tropical depressions that are monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)[nb 3][nb 1] are given a number with a "W" suffix.

Duration

May 25 – May 27

55 km/h (35 mph) (1-min);
1000 hPa (mbar)

June 25 – June 28

55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min);
1002 hPa (mbar)

July 2 – July 10

205 km/h (125 mph) (10-min);
900 hPa (mbar)

July 15 – July 20

45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min);
1006 hPa (mbar)

July 22 – July 24

75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min);
1000 hPa (mbar)

July 25 – July 28

100 km/h (65 mph) (10-min);
980 hPa (mbar)

July 29 – August 3

110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min);
975 hPa (mbar)

August 2 – August 9

110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min);
975 hPa (mbar)

August 7 – August 15

85 km/h (50 mph) (10-min);
985 hPa (mbar)

August 12 – August 17

100 km/h (65 mph) (10-min);
980 hPa (mbar)

August 15 – August 20

75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min);
980 hPa (mbar)

August 17 – August 23

120 km/h (75 mph) (10-min);
975 hPa (mbar)

August 17 – August 30

165 km/h (105 mph) (10-min);
940 hPa (mbar)

August 18 – August 21

65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min);
994 hPa (mbar)

August 23 – August 24

55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min);
1002 hPa (mbar)

August 31 – September 5

130 km/h (80 mph) (10-min);
955 hPa (mbar)

September 5 – September 7

75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min);
1000 hPa (mbar)

September 8 – September 16

220 km/h (140 mph) (10-min);
890 hPa (mbar)

September 10 – September 12

65 km/h (40 mph) (1-min);
1008 hPa (mbar)

September 11 – September 13

65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min);
996 hPa (mbar)

September 11 – September 20

175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min);
930 hPa (mbar)

September 22 – September 29

155 km/h (100 mph) (10-min);
945 hPa (mbar)

September 24 – October 5

215 km/h (130 mph) (10-min);
905 hPa (mbar)

October 4 (Entered basin) – October 13

185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min);
925 hPa (mbar)

October 4 – October 14

110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min);
975 hPa (mbar)

October 13 – October 19

175 km/h (110 mph) (10-min);
935 hPa (mbar)

October 14 – October 21

215 km/h (130 mph) (10-min);
900 hPa (mbar)

October 30 – November 7

140 km/h (85 mph) (10-min);
960 hPa (mbar)

November 2 – November 6

55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min);
1004 hPa (mbar)

November 8 – November 13

65 km/h (40 mph) (10-min);
1002 hPa (mbar)

November 9 – November 12

45 km/h (30 mph) (1-min);
1008 hPa (mbar)

November 23 – November 28

95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min);
992 hPa (mbar)

December 20 – December 28

195 km/h (120 mph) (10-min);
915 hPa (mbar)

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