| 1960 Pacific typhoon season | |
|---|---|
 Season summary map | |
| Seasonal boundaries | |
| First system formed | January 30, 1960 |
| Last system dissipated | December 20, 1960 |
| Strongest storm | |
| Name | Shirley |
| • Maximum winds | 250 km/h (155 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure | 910 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics | |
| Total depressions | 39 |
| Total storms | 30 |
| Typhoons | 19 |
| Super typhoons | 2 (unofficial) |
| Total fatalities | >2,869 |
| Total damage | At least $69 million (1960 USD) |
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The 1960 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1960, 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 dateline and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1960 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 had the "W" suffix added to their number.