User:Tfmbty/2014 Pacific typhoon season
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The 2014 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly below average season, featuring 23 tropical storms, 11 typhoons, and 8 super typhoons. The season's peak months August and September saw minimal activity caused by an unusually strong and a persistent suppressing phase of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO). The season ran throughout 2014, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season began with the development of Tropical Storm Lingling on January 18, and ended after Tropical Storm Jangmi which dissipated on January 1 of the next year.
Tfmbty/2014 Pacific typhoon season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | January 10, 2014 |
Last system dissipated | January 1, 2015 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | Vongfong |
• Maximum winds | 315 km/h (195 mph) (1-minute sustained) |
• Lowest pressure | 885 hPa (mbar) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total depressions | 32 |
Total storms | 23 |
Typhoons | 11 |
Super typhoons | 8 (unofficial) |
Total fatalities | 576 total |
Total damage | $12.4 billion (2014 USD) |
Related articles | |
Pacific typhoon seasons 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
The season was not as active, deadly and costly as the previous typhoon season, but was notable for producing a series of powerful super typhoons. Two of those were notable; Rammasun became one of only three Category 5 typhoons recorded in the South China Sea with the others being Typhoon Pamela in 1954 and Typhoon Meranti in 2016. The typhoon killed about 200 people and caused roughly US$7 billion worth of damage in China and the Philippines. Genevieve, a long-lasting system, was the first since 1999 for a system to exist in all three Northern Pacific basins.[1]
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator between 100°E and 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin. Tropical depressions that are monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) are given a number with a "W" suffix.