1978 Pacific typhoon season

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The 1978 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1978, 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 1978 Pacific hurricane season. 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.

Contents 1 Storms 1.1 Tropical Storm Nadine 1.2 Typhoon Olive 1.3 Tropical Storm Polly 1.4 Tropical Storm Rose 1.5 Tropical Storm Shirley 1.6 Typhoon Trix 1.7 Typhoon Virginia 1.8 Typhoon Wendy 1.9 Tropical Storm Agnes 1.10 Tropical Storm Bonnie 1.11 Typhoon Carmen 1.12 Tropical Storm Della 1.13 Typhoon Elaine 1.14 Typhoon Faye 1.15 Tropical Storm Gloria 1.16 Tropical Storm Hester 1.17 Typhoon Irma 1.18 Typhoon Judy 1.19 Tropical Storm Kit 1.20 Typhoon Lola 1.21 Typhoon Mamie 1.22 Tropical Storm Nina 1.23 Typhoon Ora 1.24 Typhoon Phyllis 1.25 Super Typhoon Rita 1.26 Tropical Storm Tess 1.27 Typhoon Viola 1.28 Tropical Storm Winnie 2 1978 storm names 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Storms

32 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 28 became tropical storms. 15 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 1 reached super typhoon strength. Many of the storms either remained at sea or failed to do any damage.

[edit] Tropical Storm Nadine

Tropical Storm Nadine TS
Duration	January 08 – January 13, 1978
Intensity	70 mph [1], 973 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Olive

Typhoon Olive 2
Duration	April 18 – April 26, 1978
Intensity	100 mph [1], 955 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Polly

Tropical Storm Polly TS
Duration	June 16 – June 20, 1978
Intensity	60 mph [1], 985 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Rose

Tropical Storm Rose TS
Duration	June 23 – June 24, 1978
Intensity	45 mph [1], 993 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Shirley

Tropical Storm Shirley TS
Duration	June 30 – June 30, 1978
Intensity	40 mph [1], 990 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Trix

Typhoon Trix 1
Duration	July 13 – July 22, 1978
Intensity	80 mph [1], 967 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Virginia

Typhoon Virginia 1
Duration	July 23 – August 02, 1978
Intensity	80 mph [1], 972 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Wendy

Typhoon Wendy 1
Duration	July 24 – August 03, 1978
Intensity	95 mph [1], 962 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Agnes

Tropical Storm Agnes TS
Duration	July 24 – July 30, 1978
Intensity	mph [1],  mbar[1]

Agnes formed on July 24, made a complete loop, and struck China on July 29 with winds of 55 mph after peaking at 60 mph. It dissipated the 30th. In Hong Kong Tropical Storm Agnes killed 3 people.^[2]

[edit] Tropical Storm Bonnie

Tropical Storm Bonnie TS
Duration	August 10 – August 12, 1978
Intensity	45 mph [1], 984 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Carmen

Typhoon Carmen 1
Duration	August 11 – August 20, 1978
Intensity	95 mph [1], 961 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Della

Tropical Storm Della TS
Duration	August 11 – August 13, 1978
Intensity	50 mph [1], 984 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Elaine

Typhoon Elaine 1
Duration	August 23 – August 28, 1978
Intensity	75 mph [1], 974 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Faye

Typhoon Faye 3
Duration	August 28 – September 07, 1978
Intensity	120 mph [1], 936 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Gloria

Tropical Storm Gloria TS
Duration	August 29 – September 01, 1978
Intensity	45 mph [1], 990 mbar[1]

Gloria formed on August 28 east of Japan. It strengthened to a 60 mph-tropical storm before dissipated on September 1.

[edit] Tropical Storm Hester

Tropical Storm Hester TS
Duration	August 30 – September 01, 1978
Intensity	60 mph [1], 987 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Irma

Typhoon Irma 1
Duration	September 12 – September 15, 1978
Intensity	75 mph [1], 972 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Judy

Typhoon Judy 2
Duration	September 13 – September 17, 1978
Intensity	105 mph [1], 950 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Kit

Tropical Storm Kit TS
Duration	September 21 – September 26, 1978
Intensity	60 mph [1], 992 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Lola

Typhoon Lola 1
Duration	September 24 – October 03, 1978
Intensity	85 mph [1], 963 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Mamie

Typhoon Mamie 1
Duration	September 30 – October 04, 1978
Intensity	80 mph [1], 963 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Nina

Tropical Storm Nina TS
Duration	October 08 – October 17, 1978
Intensity	70 mph [1], 981 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Ora

Typhoon Ora 2
Duration	October 10 – October 15, 1978
Intensity	100 mph [1], 944 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Phyllis

Typhoon Phyllis 2
Duration	October 15 – October 22, 1978
Intensity	110 mph [1], 953 mbar[1]

[edit] Super Typhoon Rita

Super Typhoon Rita 5
Duration	October 17 – October 30, 1978
Intensity	180 mph [1], 878 mbar[1]

Tropical Depression 28 developed October 15. Three and a half days later, it strengthened into a tropical storm. Rita became a typhoon late on October 19. Rita reached Category 5 status on October 23, reaching a minimum central pressure of 878 millibars, only 8 mb higher than Typhoon Tip's record set in 1979. After spending over three consecutive days at that intensity, Rita weakened to a Category 4 and smashed ashore on Luzon. Rita stayed a typhoon during its entire passage over the Philippines and emerged into the South China Sea as a minimal typhoon. Rita then decayed slowly and dissipated as a depression near the coast of Vietnam. The typhoon caused considerable damage and loss of life in the Philippines, though exact numbers are unknown.

[edit] Tropical Storm Tess

Tropical Storm Tess TS
Duration	November 01 – November 07, 1978
Intensity	70 mph [1], 975 mbar[1]

[edit] Typhoon Viola

Typhoon Viola 4
Duration	November 17 – November 24, 1978
Intensity	145 mph [1], 911 mbar[1]

[edit] Tropical Storm Winnie

Tropical Storm Winnie TS
Duration	November 27 – November 30, 1978
Intensity	65 mph [1], 977 mbar[1]

Winnie formed on November 25. It reached a peak of 65 mph winds before its end on November 30.

[edit] 1978 storm names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1978 was named Nadine and the final one was named Winnie. This was the final year using this set of names.

Agnes 9W Bonnie 11W Carmen 12W Della 13W Elaine 15W Faye 16W Gloria 17W Hester 18W Irma 19W Judy 20W Kit 21W Lola 22W Mamie 23W Nina 24W Ora 25W Phyllis 28W Rita 29W Susan 30C Tess 31W Viola 33W Winnie 34W

Alice Betty Cora Doris Elsie Flossie Grace Helen Ida June Kathy Lorna Marie Nancy Olga Pamela Ruby Sally Therese Violet Wilda

Anita Billie Clara Dot Ellen Fran Georgia Hope Iris Joan Kate Louise Marge Nora Opal Patsy Ruth Sarah Thelma Vera Wanda

Amy Babe Carla Dinah Emma Freda Gilda Harriet Ivy Jean Kim Lucy Mary Nadine 1W Olive 2W Polly 3W Rose 4W Shirley 5W Trix 6W Virginia 7W Wendy 8W

Two Central Pacific systems developed, Tropical Depression 10C and Hurricane Susan. The policy at the time was to use Western Pacific names in the Central Pacific.

[edit] See also

• 1978 Pacific hurricane season
• 1978 Atlantic hurricane season

[edit] References

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2. ^ Historical Information

[edit] External links

• Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website.
• Philippine Area of Responsibility.
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
• Meaning of Tokyo Typhoon Centre names.
• Unisys season track