The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons from 1902 to 1919. Data from these years was extremely unreliable, so there were many more typhoons that did not hit land and were not detected by ships.
Pacific typhoon seasons
The following is a list of Pacific typhoon seasons. The seasons are limited to the north of the equator between the 100th meridian east and the 180th meridian (aka Prime Antimeridian).
Seasons Pre-1940
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
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1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
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1901, 1902–1919,
1920–1938,
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
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1902
In 1902, there were 24 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
1300 people were killed by a typhoon in Japan on September.
1903
In 1903, there were 31 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
1904
In 1904, there were 31 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
There is a typhoon impacting Vietnam.
1905
In 1905, there were 24 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
On April 20, a typhoon struck the Marshall Islands, killing 26 people. On June 30, another typhoon moved through the Marshall Islands, killing 230 people.
From September 21–29, a typhoon moved across the Philippines, killing more than 240 people.
1906
In 1906, there were 24 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
In September 1906,
a typhoon struck China near Hong Kong, killing around 15,000 people, and causing US$20 million in damage.
[https://www.adrc.asia/publications/databook/ORG/databook_20th/CHN.pdf]
1907
In 1907, there were 32 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
From March 26–27, a typhoon moved through the
Caroline Islands
The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the centra ...
, killing 473 people in the archipelago.
[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277964781_Typhoons_in_Micronesia_A_history_of_tropical_cyclones_and_their_effects_until_1914]
1908
In 1908, there were 31 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
A
typhoon struck near Hong Kong, killing 428 people.
1909
In 1909, there were 35 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
There is a typhoon with the winds of . The typhoon impacted Philippines and caused an instrument to be destroyed.
1910
In 1910, there were 38 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
1911
In 1911, there were 30 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
A storm was first observed south of Guam on August 21 and moved on a westward trajectory. On August 26, the track shifted more to the west-northwest, bringing it over the
Batanes
Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes ( ivv, Provinsiya nu Batanes; Ilocano: ''Probinsia ti Batanes''; fil, Lalawigan ng Batanes, ), is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region. It i ...
islands offshore northern Luzon. That night, the storm approached southwest coast of Taiwan (then known as Formosa) with great intensity, possibly moving over the island.
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...
reported a minimum pressure of 937 mbar (27.63 inHg), the lowest-ever recorded pressure on the island as of 1955, as well as maximum sustained winds of 177 km/h (110 mph) before the
anemometer
In meteorology, an anemometer () is a device that measures wind speed and direction. It is a common instrument used in weather stations. The earliest known description of an anemometer was by Italian architect and author Leon Battista Alberti ...
broke. Peak winds there were estimated around , based on the severity of the airborne debris. Elsewhere on the island, the highest recorded wind speed was . Across Taiwan, the typhoon destroyed over 30,000 houses, injured 378, and killed 305 people. The storm made landfall in eastern China on August 27 and continued northward for three more days.
1912
In 1912, there were 27 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
In August, a typhoon struck near
Wenzhou
Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou y33–11 tɕiɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east o ...
, China, killing 50,000 people.
In September, a typhoon killed 1,000 people and left US$20 million in damage when it struck Japan.
[https://www.adrc.asia/publications/databook/ORG/databook_20th/JPN.pdf]
On November 26, a typhoon struck
Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caro ...
, killing two people.
1913
In 1913, there were 23 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
On November 10, a typhoon hit Guam. The
USS Ajax was wrecked during the storm. A hospital steward was reported to have been killed, though they were later found alive.
1914
In 1914, there were 25 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
1915
In 1915, there were 23 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
1916
In 1916, there were 23 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
1917
In 1917, there were 16 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
In September, a typhoon struck the Japanese island of Honshu, killing 4,000 people and leaving US$50 million in damage.
1918
In 1918, there were 16 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
In November, a typhoon killed 129 people when it struck Majuro in the Marshall Islands.
1919
In 1919, there were 26 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
References
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Pre-1940 Pacific typhoon seasons