1973 Pacific typhoon season

1973 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	May 12, 1973
Last system dissipated	December 27, 1973
Strongest storm
Name	Nora
• Maximum winds	295 km/h (185 mph) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	875 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	39
Total storms	21
Typhoons	12
Super typhoons	3 (unofficial)
Total fatalities	>1,011
Total damage	> $7 million (1973 USD)
Related articles
1973 Atlantic hurricane season 1973 Pacific hurricane season 1973 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Pacific typhoon seasons 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

The 1973 Pacific typhoon season, in comparison to the two years preceding it, was a below average season, with only 21 named storms and 12 typhoons forming. However, it featured Typhoon Nora, which ties Typhoon June of 1975 for the second strongest typhoon on record. It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1973, 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 1973 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 Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.