1960 Pacific typhoon season

1960 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedJanuary 30, 1960
Last system dissipatedDecember 20, 1960
Strongest storm
NameShirley
 • Maximum winds250 km/h (155 mph)
(1-minute sustained)
 • Lowest pressure910 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions39
Total storms30
Typhoons19
Super typhoons2 (unofficial)
Total fatalities>2,869
Total damageAt least $69 million (1960 USD)
Related articles
Pacific typhoon seasons
1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962

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.


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