1940-1944 Pacific typhoon seasons

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The 1940-1944 Pacific typhoon seasons have no official bounds; it ran year-round each year, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1940-1944 Pacific hurricane seasons. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. 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.

Pacific Typhoon Seasons
1939 1940-44 1945 1946

1 Seasons
- 1.1 1940
- 1.2 1941
- 1.3 1942
- 1.4 1943
- 1.5 1944
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Seasons

[edit] 1940

In Guam, a November typhoon caused great damage. It was the strongest typhoon to hit Guam since 1918.^[1] ^[2]

[edit] 1941

In August, a major typhoon brought a great amount of damage to Guam.^[2]

[edit] 1942

Typhoon Juliet formed and existed.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 1943

No storms were reported this season.

[edit] 1944

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Typhoon Cobra was first spotted on December 17, in the Philippine Sea. It sank three US destroyers, killing at least 790 people, before dissipating the next day.

Maximum sustained winds were estimated at 145 MPH which would classify it as a Category 4 typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.