1968 Pacific typhoon season

1968 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	January 20, 1968
Last system dissipated	December 7, 1968
Strongest storm
Name	Agnes
• Maximum winds	280 km/h (175 mph) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	900 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	39
Total storms	28
Typhoons	20
Super typhoons	4 (unofficial)
Total fatalities	148
Total damage	Unknown
Related articles
1968 Atlantic hurricane season 1968 Pacific hurricane season 1968 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Pacific typhoon seasons 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970

The 1968 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1968, 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 1968 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. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Weather Bureau, the predecessor of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). This can often result in the same storm having two names.