1993 Pacific typhoon season

1993 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedFebruary 28, 1993
Last system dissipatedJanuary 1, 1994
Strongest storm
NameKoryn
 • Maximum winds195 km/h (120 mph)
(10-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure905 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions50
Total storms28
Typhoons15
Super typhoons3 (unofficial)
Total fatalities>758
Total damage> $2.8 billion (1993 USD)
Related articles
Pacific typhoon seasons
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

The 1993 Pacific typhoon season was the most active season for the Philippines, seeing a total of 32 storms forming or entering their area of responsibility. Overall, it was an average season, spawning 28 tropical storms, 15 typhoons and three super typhoons. The season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1993, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.[1] These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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.

  1. ^ Gary Padgett. May 2003 Tropical Cyclone Summary. Archived September 25, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2006-08-26.