User:Tfmbty/1984 Pacific typhoon season
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Tfmbty/1984 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | June 7, 1984 |
Last system dissipated | December 12, 1984 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Vanessa |
• Maximum winds | 315 km/h (195 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
• Lowest pressure | 880 hPa (mbar) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total depressions | 44 |
Total storms | 27 |
Typhoons | 16 |
Super typhoons | 2 |
Total fatalities | 2,919 |
Total damage | > $1.1 billion (1984 USD) |
Related articles | |
Pacific typhoon seasons 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 |
The 1984 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.[1] These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.
A total of 30 tropical depressions formed in 1984 in the Western Pacific, of which 27 became tropical storms, 16 reached typhoon intensity, and two reached super typhoon strength. Eight tropical cyclones moved into mainland China, four struck Vietnam, four moved through the Philippines, and one cyclone moved into South Korea. The second consecutive typhoon season with a late start, all of the season activity was contained between June and December, with August and October the most active months, contributing to half of the seasonal tropical cyclone count.