Back 1979 Pacific typhoon season English 1979年の台風 Japanese 1979년 태풍 Korean Temporada de tufões no Pacífico de 1979 Portuguese ฤดูพายุไต้ฝุ่นแปซิฟิก พ.ศ. 2522 Thai Mùa bão Tây Bắc Thái Bình Dương 1979 Vietnamese 1979年太平洋颱風季 Chinese
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| First storm formed | January 1, 1979 |
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| Last storm dissipated | December 23, 1979 |
| Strongest storm | Tip most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded – 870 hPa (mbar), 305 km/h (190 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
| Total storms | 23 |
| Typhoons | 14 |
| Super typhoons | 4 |
| Total fatalities | Unknown |
| Total damage | Unknown |
| Pacific typhoon seasons 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 | |
The 1979 Pacific typhoon season has no official limits; it ran year-round in 1979, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December.
28 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 23 became tropical storms. 14 storms reached typhoon intensity. Four of these reached super typhoon strength.