1978 Pacific typhoon season

none 1978 Pacific typhoon season summary.png WPac 1978 January 6, 1978 December 19, 1978 Rita 880 120 10 63 30 16 3 2 >404 100 > 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 1978 Atlantic hurricane season 1978 Pacific hurricane season 1978 North Indian Ocean cyclone season The 1978 Pacific typhoon season was a very active season that produced 31 tropical storms, 16 typhoons and one intense typhoon. 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. Tropical storms that formed in the basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center while systems that were active in the Philippine area of responsibility were assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). This often results in the same storm having two names. thumb|Typhoon Phyllis (top) and Typhoon Rita (bottom) both simultaneously active on October 21 Seasonal summary 33 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 29 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. Systems Severe Tropical Storm Nadine WPac Nadine 1978.png Nadine 1978 path.png January 6 January 13 55 50 970 Nadine stayed at sea and was the first severe tropical storm of the season. It lived at least 1 week. Typhoon Olive (Atang) Typhoon Olive (1978) WPac Olive 1978-04-22 2333Z.png Olive 1978 path.png April 15 April 26 80 85 955 On 12:00 UTC on April 11, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) began to monitor a surface circulation which had formed within the trough. Five days later, the JTWC issued their first warning on the system as it began coalescing.1978 TCR – Joint Typhoon Warning Center (Retrieved 1/17/24) On April 18, the system entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, resulting in PAGASA naming the system Atang.DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOONS 1970-2003 http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/miso/typhoons&cmd=list&range=0,20&YEAR~=1978&cmd=all&Id=42 2024-01-18 baseportal.com Later that day, the system intensified into a tropical storm, resulting in it being named Olive. Olive would steadily intensify after it entered the South China Sea on April 20, being in an environment with good outflow aloft and warm Sea surface temperatures, resulting in it intensifying into a typhoon on April 22. Olive would recurve due to a break in the subtropical ridge, peaking with sustained winds of 100 mph km/h on the next day. It accelerated to the east-northeast, steadily weakening due to intruding cool and dry air, resulting in the system becoming extratropical early on April 26. As Olive passed the Philippines, it would affect nearly 370,000 people in the nation, leaving 3,500 homeless.DESTRUCTIVE TYPHOONS 1970-2003 http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/miso/typhoons&cmd=list&range=0,20&YEAR~=1978&cmd=all&Id=42 2024-01-18 baseportal.comApril 27, 1978 Typhoon http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110894261 October 23, 2016 The Canberra Times Trove The MV Leyte, a lengthened ship of the Compania Maritima was caught in it, being wrecked in the southwestern portion of Sibuyan Island as she was on a Manila-Cebu voyage.Typhoon "Atang" Philippine Ship Spotters Society https://psssonline.wordpress.com/tag/typhoon-atang/ 2016-10-23 psssonline.wordpress.com The Hong Kong Observatory would hoist its Stand-By Signal No. 1 for Hong Kong on April 24 as Olive was at its closest to the island.1979 Meteorological Statistics 1978: Part 3 (Tropical Cyclone Summaries) https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/publica/tc/files/tc1978.pdf Hong Kong Observatory 14 Tropical Storm Polly (Bising) WPac Polly 1978-06-19 2333Z.png Polly 1978 path.png June 13 June 20 45 50 985 Polly was the first of three weak June systems. Tropical Storm Rose (Klaring) WPac Rose 1978-06-22 2333Z.png Rose 1978 path.png June 21 June 24 45 40 990 Rose was the second of three weak June systems. Tropical Storm Shirley (Deling) WPac Shirley 1978-06-30 0833Z.png Shirley 1978 path.png June 26 June 30 45 35 992 Shirley hit Vietnam as a tropical storm. Typhoon Trix WPac Trix 1978-07-16 0533Z.jpg Trix 1978 path.png July 11 July 23 70 70 965 Trix did a loop. Typhoon Virginia WPac Virginia 1978-07-29 0533Z.png Virginia 1978 path.png July 22 August 2 70 70 975 Virginia stayed largely at sea. Typhoon Wendy (Emang) WPac Wendy 1978-07-26 2333Z.png Wendy 1978 path.png July 22 August 3 70 80 960 Wendy ultimately hit Japan. Severe Tropical Storm Agnes WPac Agnes 1978-07-26 2333Z.png Agnes 1978 path.png July 24 July 30 55 50 980Tropical Storm Agnes (1978) Agnes formed on July 24, made a complete loop, and struck China on July 29 with winds of 55 mph after peaking at 65 mph.1978 ATCR TABLE OF CONTENTS https://web.archive.org/web/20110606234939/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1978atcr/pdf/1978.html 2011-06-06 It dissipated the 30th. In Hong Kong Tropical Storm Agnes killed 3 people.http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm Historical Information 2007-12-17 2015-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20150516012539/http://www.hko.gov.hk/informtc/historical_tc/cdtc.htm dead Tropical Storm Bonnie WPac Bonnie 1978-08-11 0533Z.png Bonnie 1978 path.png August 8 August 12 40 40 985 Bonnie hit Vietnam. Typhoon Carmen (Iliang) WPac Carmen 1978-08-15 0833Z.png Carmen 1978 path.png August 10 August 20 75 80 970 On August 7, a deepening tropical upper tropospheric trough began interacting with a low-level monsoon trough, leading to an increase in convective activity from divergence aloft within the disturbance embedded. The low slowly consolidated over the next few days. On August 11, a reconnaissance aircraft reported a minimum central pressure of 992 mb, subsequently upgrading the disturbance to Tropical Storm Carmen. The storm initially took an erratic path before upper-level steering from southwesterlies east of the TUTT led to Carmen moving towards the north-northwest. Carmen continued to accelerate along this trajectory, reaching typhoon status on August 13 and eventually peaking as an 80 kt (90 mph) typhoon a few days later as Carmen’s structure became more symmetrical whilst having a small wind radii. By August 16, Carmen was caught in a col region of weak steering flow, causing it to once again move erratically just offshore mainland China. A shortwave trough developed over the Asian mainland which led to Carmen’s recurvature north-northeastwards. On August 20, Carmen made landfall in Jeonnam, South Korea as a weakening tropical storm, being downgraded to a remnant low shortly after.WP111978 - IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1978221N16143 2026-06-03 ncics.org Carmen was responsible for causing considerable damage over South Korea as it made landfall, such as widespread flooding that killed 21 people, and causing $3 million (1978 USD) in property damage. During Carmen’s formative stage, Saipan also reported property damage and flooding. However, little damage was reported when Carmen passed near Okinawa. Tropical Storm Della (Heling) WPac Della 1978-08-12 0833Z.png Della 1978 path.png August 10 August 13 45 45 985 Della made landfall in Taiwan and China. Tropical Storm 13W WPac 13W 1978-08-19 0533Z.png 13W 1978 path.png August 14 August 20 40 30 999 13W was weak but hit Japan. Typhoon Elaine (Miding) WPac Elaine 1978-08-27 0533Z.png Elaine 1978 path.png August 18 August 28 65 65 965 A tropical disturbance within the monsoon trough was first noted on August 18 as it was gradually organizing to the northeast of Palau. However, strong upper-level wind shear inhibited development of the disturbance for the next few days. On August 21, though still rather disorganized, the disturbance strengthened into Tropical Depression 14, it later began moving towards the southeast from a mid-tropospheric ridge providing an east-northeasterly steering flow, where the depression made landfall over Luzon on August 23. Inland Luzon, depression continued to intensify, being upgraded to Tropical Storm Elaine shortly before entering the South China Sea. Between August 24–25, Elaine was caught between a region of strong southwesterly monsoon flow and strong northeasterly flow, causing the system to loop twice consecutively. As the same mid-tropospheric ridge began to migrate northwards, Elaine jogged to the northwest and was approaching the southern coast of China. On August 27, a ship reported surface winds of 65 kt, upgrading Elaine to typhoon status as it made landfall near the Leizhou Peninsula. After making landfall, Elaine rapidly degenerated into a remnant low, with final warnings being issued on August 28.WP141978 - IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1978230N09136 2026-06-05 ncics.org Elaine caused heavy damage in portions of northern Luzon after making landfall as a tropical depression. In Hong Kong, Signal 8SE warnings were issued as the storm inched closer towards China; despite making landfall as a typhoon, little damage was reported in Hong Kong although Elaine left one person dead and 51 others injured. Typhoon Faye WPac Faye 1978-09-02 0233Z.png Faye 1978 path.png August 25 September 7 90 105 935 A tropical disturbance was first noted by a reconnaissance aircraft southeast of Ponape on August 24, gradually moving west-northwestwards as a tropical upper tropospheric trough (TUTT) with an embedded low northwest of the disturbance provided a diffluent upper-level outflow pattern. On August 28, reconnaissance confirmed a closed surface circulation with a minimum central pressure of 1000 mb, prompting its upgrade to Tropical Depression 16, strengthening into Tropical Storm Faye a few hours later. Faye proceeded to gradually strengthen as nearby Tropical Storms Gloria and Hester began to elongate the monsoon trough, causing Faye to complete a rare anticyclonic loop while wedged in a col region between two anticyclones near Marcus Island and south of Guam. On September 1, Faye underwent quick intensification and was upgraded to typhoon status after observations reported a poorly defined eye and a central pressure of 984 mb. The storm turned northwestward the next day as a longwave trough dominated the western Pacific, eventually peaking as a strong Category 3-equivalent typhoon. Faye then gradually weakened and was downgraded to tropical storm status on September 4. However, reconnaissance reported a pressure drop to 975 mb and improved cloud structure, prompting a brief re-upgrade to typhoon status on September 5 due to weak mid- to upper-level winds. Increasing vertical wind shear though subsequently caused weakening, and Faye completed extratropical transition late on September 7.WP151978 - IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1978237N06160 2026-06-04 ncics.org Though Faye stayed relatively out at sea, it caused damage over the Northern Mariana Islands. During its anticyclonic loop, the islands of Agrihan, Alamagan and Pagan were affected twice, the latter island experiencing the most damage with sixty-five homes being destroyed and one merchant vessel being grounded. Tropical Storm Gloria (Norming) WPac Gloria 1978-08-30 0533Z.png Gloria 1978 path.png August 28 August 31 40 40 992 Gloria stayed at sea. Tropical Storm Hester WPac Hester 1978-08-30 2033Z.png Hester 1978 path.png August 28 September 1 45 50 990 Hester stayed away from land. Typhoon Irma (Ruping) WPac Irma 1978-09-14 1133Z.png Irma 1978 path.png September 9 September 15 65 65 970 Irma, the eighth typhoon of the 1978 season, developed in the monsoon trough southeast of Taiwan.http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a399638.pdf 1978 Annual Typhoon Report Morford Dean R. Lavin James K. January 1, 1995 October 23, 2016 April 30, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170430011350/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a399638.pdf live It made landfall in Honshu, Japan. With winds of up to 120 km/h, Typhoon Irma killed at least 6 people and made about 3,000 homeless. Four people were missing and about 100 were injured by floods and landslides in southwestern Japan.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110910075 Typhoon Irma leaves 3,000 homeless September 18, 1978 The Canberra Times September 22, 2016 Trove It destroyed or damaged 1,597 homes and left 6,266 homes flooded.http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1978/09/16/page/S6/article/typhoon-brushes-japan-6-die Typhoon brushes Japan; 6 die (September 16, 1978) 2016-10-23 Irma smashed windows, overturned cars, and capsized several fishing boats. Several athletes at the Japan-China Friendship Track and Field Meet in Kitakyushu were injured when a freak gust blew them ten feet in the air. A Liberian-registered tanker was swept from its moorings off the port of Kure and drifted for nearly 5 kilometers before running aground off a small island in the Inland Sea. Irma remained a typhoon for only 12 hours becoming the shortest-lived typhoon of the season. Typhoon Judy WPac Judy 1978-09-16 0533Z.png Judy 1978 path.png September 9 September 17 80 90 950 Judy did not impact land. Severe Tropical Storm Kit (Uding) WPac Kit 1978-09-25 0233Z.png Kit 1978 path.png September 20 September 26 50 50 990 Kit hit Vietnam and The Philippines. Typhoon Lola (Weling) WPac Lola 1978-09-30 0558Z.png Lola 1978 path.png September 20 October 2 70 75 965 Lola hit China and the Philippines. Typhoon Mamie WPac Mamie 1978-10-03 0533Z.png Mamie 1978 path.png September 29 October 4 70 70 960 Mamie recurved out to sea. Severe Tropical Storm Nina (Yaning) WPac Nina 1978-10-11 0333Z.png Nina 1978 path.png October 6 October 16 60 60 975 According to the official reports, 59 people died and more than 500,000 were in evacuation centers in the Philippines.http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110916218 59 flood deaths October 13, 1978 The Canberra Times October 23, 2016 Trove Typhoon Ora (Aning) WPac Ora 1978-10-12 2333Z.jpg Ora 1978 path.png October 8 October 15 80 85 940 Ora brushed Taiwan. Tropical Depression 25W WPac 25W 1978-10-11 2333Z.png 25W 1978 path.png October 8 October 12 30 30 PAGASA 999 25W did not affect land. Tropical Depression 26W (Bidang) WPac Bidang 1978-10-16 2333Z.png Bidang 1978 path.png October 10 October 17 20 30 PAGASA 1002 On October 10, a tropical depression formed nearby Yap Island, gaining the designation number 26 by the JTWC, the depression slowly meandered to the northwest through the following days. 26W was given the name “Bidang” by PAGASA as it crossed into their area of responsibility. Following a northward jog, the depression dissipated on October 17.WP261978 - IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1978283N06153 2026-05-09 ncics.org Typhoon Phyllis WPac Phyllis 1978-10-20 0533Z.png Phyllis 1978 path.png October 13 October 22 80 95 955 On October 13, a tropical depression formed from a near-equatorial trough over the southern Mariana Islands where it was eventually numbered Tropical Depression 27 by the JTWC. The depression was upgraded to Tropical Storm Phyllis on October 15 as per observations from a reconnaissance aircraft, indicating that Phyllis was a small, compact storm. As it slowly strengthened, a dominant high pressure area northeast of Wake Island had begun to take shape, causing Phyllis to take a northwest trajectory, simultaneously, a nearby tropical upper tropospheric trough (TUTT) had begun to move north as well allowing an increase in outflow aloft where Phyllis was upgraded to typhoon status on October 17. As the dominant high pressure area began to weaken, Phyllis decelerated where it achieved peak intensity as a high-end Category 2-equivalent typhoon with 1-minute sustained winds of 95 kt (110 mph). Cooler sea surface temperatures and reduced upper-level outflow aloft eventually caused Phyllis to gradually weaken as it began to rapidly reaccelerate northwards from the initial dominant high pressure area restrengthening to the west of Phyllis. Increased vertical wind shear continued to weaken the storm, leading to its downgrade to tropical storm intensity on October 22, a strong pressure gradient from a nearby surface low moving eastward off eastern Japan and the strong surface ridge to the east of Phyllis allowed it to maintain gale-force winds as extratropical transition commenced and later completed the next day.1978 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report (pg. 63) https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/atcr/1978atcr.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250330015425/https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/products/atcr/1978atcr.pdf 2025-03-30 2026-05-11 www.metoc.navy.milWP271978 - IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1978287N08166 2026-05-11 ncics.org Because Phyllis remained over open water, no major damage was reported. Typhoon Rita (Kading) Typhoon Rita (1978) WPac Rita 1978-10-23 0533Z.png Rita 1978 path.png October 15 October 29 120 150 880 On October 15, a tropical depression formed in the far-eastern portions of the basin, gaining the designation number 28 by the JTWC. Three and a half days later, it strengthened into Tropical Storm Rita, becoming a typhoon late on October 19. Rita reached Category 5 status on October 23, reaching a minimum central pressure of 878 millibars on October 25, only 8 milibars 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. Unnamed tropical storm WPac JMA TS Twenty-seven 1978-11-02 0833Z.png October 30 November 3 JMA 27 1978 path.png 45 992A tropical depression formed on October 29 to the northeast of the Philippines. After tracking across the country, it strengthened and was classified as a tropical storm by the JMA on November 2. The storm made landfall in southern Vietnam the following day, quickly dissipating overland. It was not recognized as a tropical cyclone by the JTWC.https://ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1978303N14131 JMA27 - IBTrACS - International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship 2026-06-01 Severe Tropical Storm Tess WPac Tess 1978-11-05 0233Z.png Tess 1978 path.png October 31 November 6 60 60 975 A tropical depression developed on October 31. The depression was upgraded to a tropical storm on November 2. Tess continued to intensify and reached its peak intensity as a 70 mph km/h on storm; just short of typhoon status. The storm became extratropical on November 7. Tropical Depression 30W (Delang) WPac Delang 1978-11-18 0233Z.png Delang 1978 path.png November 15 November 20 25 30 PAGASA 1002 30W came close to land. Typhoon Viola (Esang) WPac Viola 1978-11-21 0533Z.png Viola 1978 path.png November 16 November 24 105 125 910 Increased convective activity in the monsoon trough was first noticed on satellite data on November 14 about 690 mi km on southeast of Truk. On November 16, the disturbance was upgraded to Tropical Depression 33. Based on an improved satellite signature, TD 33 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Viola at 1200 UTC November 17. Viola continued to intensify as the storm moved on a northwestward track.http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1978/31/track.dat Typhoon #31 (16-24 NOV 1978) Unisys Weather 19 January 2017 8 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160508201118/http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/1978/31/track.dat dead Late on November 19 reconnaissance aircraft confirmed that Viola's surface pressure had fallen to 977 mb; and, that an eye was beginning to form. Early on November 20, Viola was upgraded to a typhoon. Viola then started to rapidly intensify and reached peak intensity on November 21 with winds of 145 mph km/h on. Viola recurved away from Luzon on November 22. By the next day, the storm had already weakened to a category 1 and further weakened to a tropical storm. Viola dissipated on November 24. Severe Tropical Storm Winnie WPac Winnie 1978-11-29 0233Z.png Winnie 1978 path.png November 25 November 30 55 55 980 A tropical depression developed on November 25. It started to intensify while moving on a north-northwestward track. By November 28, it was upgraded to a tropical storm and was named Winnie. On the 29th, Winnie reached its peak intensity as severe tropical storm with (10-min) winds of 65 mph km/h on. Winnie became extratropical early on November 30. Tropical Depression Garding WPac 347N dec 14 1978 0659Z.jpg Garding 1978 path.png December 13 December 19 30 1004 The last system of the season, Tropical Depression Garding was named by PAGASA. Storm names Lists of tropical cyclone names Tropical cyclone naming During the season 28 named tropical cyclones developed in the Western Pacific and were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. These names were contributed to a revised list from late 1950. However the JTWC changed their naming scheme by the next year, now including both female and male names. Nadine Olive Polly Rose Shirley Trix Virginia Wendy Agnes Bonnie Carmen Della Elaine Faye Gloria Hester Irma Judy Kit Lola Mamie Nina Ora Phyllis Rita Tess Viola Winnie One name, Susan, developed over the Central Pacific and was named from this list. The storm never became a part of the West Pacific basin. Philippines Atang Bising Klaring Deling Emang Gading Heling Iliang Loleng Miding Norming Oyang Pasing Ruping Susang Tering Uding Weling Yaning Auxiliary list Aning Bidang Kading Delang Esang Garding The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1982 season. This is the same list used for the 1974 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in . Retirement Due to extreme damages and death toll caused by Typhoons Olive (Atang) and Rita (Kading), PAGASA retired the names Atang from its main list and Kading from its auxiliary list. They were replaced by Akang and Katring from the 1982 season. Season effects This table will list all the storms that developed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line and north of the equator during 1978. It will include their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, missing persons (in parentheses), and damage totals. Classification and intensity values will be based on estimations conducted by the JMA. All damage figures will be in 1978 USD. Damages and deaths from a storm will include when the storm was a precursor wave or an extratropical low. |- | Nadine || 780106 January 6 – 13 || bgcolor=#STS|2 Severe tropical storm || bgcolor=#STS|100 100 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#STS|0975 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) || Marshall Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Olive (Atang) || 780415 April 15 – May 1 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|150 150 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0950 950 hPa (28.05 inHg) || Palau, Philippines, Taiwan || 0 Unknown || 3 || |- | TD || 780607 June 7 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780610 June 10 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780415 June 12 – 13 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Polly (Bising) || 780614 June 14 – 20 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|085 85 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0985 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands, Japan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Rose (Klaring) || 780621 June 21 – 25 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|085 85 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0990 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) || Philippines, Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Shirley (Deling) || 780628 June 28 – July 2 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|085 85 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0992 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) || Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia || 0 Unknown || 0 None || |- | TD || 780707 July 7 – 11 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Japan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Trix || 780711 July 11 – 24 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|130 130 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0965 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands, China || 0 Unknown || 0 Unknown || |- | TD || 780716 July 16 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1000 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Wendy (Emang) || 780722 July 22 – August 3 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|130 130 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0960 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands, Japan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Virginia || 780722 July 22 – August 3 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|150 150 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0975 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) || Japan || 0 None || None || |- | Agnes || 780722 July 22 – 31 || bgcolor=#STS|2 Severe tropical storm || bgcolor=#STS|100 100 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#STS|0980 980 hPa (29.09 inHg) || South China || 0 None || 3 || |- | TD || 780731 July 31 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780804 August 4 – 5 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1002 1002 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Gading || 780804 August 4 – 8 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1000 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) || Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Bonnie || 780809 August 9 – 13 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|075 75 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0985 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) || South China, Vietnam || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Carmen (Iliang) || 780809 August 9 – 20 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|165 165 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0965 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands, East China, Korea || 3000000 $3 million || 21 21 || |- | Della (Heling) || 780809 August 9 – 13 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|085 85 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0985 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) || Philippines, Taiwan, China || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Loleng || 780813 August 13 – 17 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1000 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) || Philippines, South China || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780814 August 14 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1002 1002 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | 13W || 780818 August 18 – 20 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|075 75 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0998 998 hPa (29.47 inHg) || Japan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780818 August 18 – 19 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Palau || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780820 August 20 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1002 1002 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Elaine (Miding) || 780821 August 21 – 29 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|120 120 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0965 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) || Philippines, South China || 0 Minor || 1 1 || |- | TD || 780822 August 22 – 24 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || Korean Peninsula || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780826 August 26 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Faye || 780827 August 27 – September 10 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|165 165 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0935 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) || Mariana Islands, Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Gloria (Norming) || 780827 August 27 – 31 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|075 75 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0992 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Hester || 780828 August 28 – September 1 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|085 85 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0990 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) || Japan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Oyang || 780829 August 29 – 30 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 45 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1018 Not specified || Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780831 August 31 – September 2 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1002 1002 hPa (29.59 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780902 September 2 – 7 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1002 1002 hPa (29.59 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Irma (Ruping) || 780909 September 9 – 15 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|120 120 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0935 935 hPa (27.61 inHg) || Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Japan|| 0 None || 6 || |- | Pasing || 780909 September 9 – 15 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Vietnam || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Judy || 780909 September 9 – 17 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|150 150 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0950 950 hPa (28.05 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780910 September 10 – 11 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1006 1006 hPa (29.71 inHg) || Taiwan || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Susang || 780913 September 13 – 19 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1000 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) || Palau, Philippines, Vietnam || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780917 September 17 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || Palau || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Kit (Uding) || 780920 September 20 – 28 || bgcolor=#STS|2 Severe tropical storm || bgcolor=#STS|095 95 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#STS|0990 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) || Philippines, South China, Vietnam || 0 Unknown || 0 Unknown || |- | Tering || 780921 September 21 – 22 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|0998 998 hPa (29.47 inHg) || Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 780921 September 21 − 22 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || Ryukyu Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Lola (Weling) || 780924 September 24 – October 5 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|130 130 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0965 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) || Philippines, South China || 0 Unknown || 0 Unknown || |- | Mamie || 780930 September 30 – October 5 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|130 130 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0960 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 781005 October 5 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Nina (Yaning) || 781005 October 5 – 17 || bgcolor=#STS|2 Severe tropical storm || bgcolor=#STS|110 110 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#STS|0975 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) || Philippines, South China, Vietnam || 0 Unknown || 59 || |- | Ora (Aning) || 781008 October 8 – 15 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|150 150 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0940 940 hPa (27.76 inHg) || Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | 25W || 781011 October 11 – 14 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1000 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | 26W (Bidang) || 781011 October 11 – 17 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Caroline Islands, Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Phyllis || 781015 October 15 – 23 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|150 150 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0955 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Rita (Kading) || 781017 October 17 – 30 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|220 220 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0880 880 hPa (25.98 inHg) || Caroline Islands, Mariana Islands, Philippines || 100000000 $ || >300 || |- | Twenty-seven || 781029 October 29 – November 3 || bgcolor=#TS|1 Tropical storm || bgcolor=#TS|065 65 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TS|0994 994 hPa (29.35 inHg) || Philippines, Vietnam || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Tess || 781031 October 31 – November 7 || bgcolor=#STS|2 Severe tropical storm || bgcolor=#STS|110 110 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#STS|0975 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) || Philippines, South China, Vietnam || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 781109 November 9 – 11 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || Vietnam || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 781110 November 10 – 12 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 781115 November 15 – 16 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || Vietnam || 0 None || 0 None || |- | 30W (Delang) || 781116 November 16 – 20 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1000 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) || Philippines || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Viola (Esang) || 781117 November 17 – 24 || bgcolor=#TY|3 Typhoon || bgcolor=#TY|195 195 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TY|0910 910 hPa (26.97 inHg) || Caroline Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 781125 November 25 – December 1 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Malaysia || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Winnie || 781125 November 25 – 30 || bgcolor=#STS|2 Severe tropical storm || bgcolor=#STS|100 100 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#STS|0980 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) || Mariana Islands || 0 None || 0 None || |- | TD || 781204 December 4 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|045 Not specified || bgcolor=#TD|1008 1008 hPa (29.77 inHg) || None || 0 None || 0 None || |- | Garding || 781213 December 13 – 19 || bgcolor=#TD|0 Tropical depression || bgcolor=#TD|055 55 km/h mph on || bgcolor=#TD|1004 1004 hPa (29.65 inHg) || Philippines || 0 Unknown || 0 None || |- 63 systems January 6 – December 19, 1978 220 km/h mph on 880 hPa (25.98 inHg) >100000000 $ >404 See also Tropical cyclones Pacific typhoon season Tropical cyclones in 1978 1978 Pacific hurricane season 1978 Atlantic hurricane season 1978 North Indian Ocean cyclone season Australian region cyclone seasons: 1977–78, 1978–79 South Pacific cyclone seasons: 1977–78, 1978–79 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1977–78, 1978–79 References External links Japan Meteorological Agency Joint Typhoon Warning Center https://web.archive.org/web/20100301105349/http://www.usno.navy.mil/JTWC 2010-03-01 . China Meteorological Agency National Weather Service Guam Hong Kong Observatory Macau Meteorological Geophysical Services Korea Meteorological Agency Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration Taiwan Central Weather Bureau Digital Typhoon - Typhoon Images and Information Typhoon2000 Philippine typhoon website 1970 Pacific typhoon 1978