| 1963 Pacific typhoon season | |
|---|---|
 Season summary map | |
| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | March 25, 1963 |
| Last system dissipated | December 28, 1963 |
| Strongest storm | |
| Name | Judy |
| • Maximum winds | 280 km/h (175 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 920 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total depressions | 36 |
| Total storms | 25 |
| Typhoons | 19 |
| Super typhoons | 8 (unofficial) |
| Total fatalities | Unknown |
| Total damage | Unknown |
| Related articles | |
The 1963 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1963, 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 1963 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. This is also the first season in which the Philippine Weather Bureau (which became the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA in 1972) assigned local names to tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility. This can often result in the same storm having two names.[1]