1976 Pacific typhoon season

1976 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	January 27, 1976
Last system dissipated	December 30, 1976
Strongest storm
Name	Louise
• Maximum winds	260 km/h (160 mph) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	895 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	51
Total storms	25
Typhoons	15
Super typhoons	4 (unofficial)
Total fatalities	>650
Total damage	> $1.162 billion (1976 USD)
Related articles
1976 Atlantic hurricane season 1976 Pacific hurricane season 1976 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Pacific typhoon seasons 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978

The 1976 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1976, 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 1976 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.