Since 1963, the
(PAGASA) has assigned local names to a tropical cyclone should it move into or form as a tropical depression in their
area of responsibility
Area of responsibility (AOR) is a pre-defined geographic region assigned to Combatant commanders of the Unified Command Plan (UCP), that are used to define an area with specific geographic boundaries where they have the authority to plan and cond ...
located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N, even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it. All three agencies that have assigned names to tropical cyclones within the Western Pacific have retired the names of significant tropical cyclones, with the PAGASA retiring names if a cyclone has caused at least (~20 million USD) in damage and/or have caused at least 300 deaths within the Philippines.
Since 1963, the naming lists have been revised in 1979, 1985, 2001 (after a contest called the "Name a Bagyo Contest", conducted by the PAGASA in 1998, where 140 entries were submitted in 1998 to revise the naming system for typhoons within their area of responsibility starting that season), 2005 (for various reasons, including to help minimize confusion in the historical records and to remove the names that might have negative associations with real persons), and 2021 (where the "Reserved List" was introduced).
Within this list, all information with regards to intensity is taken from while the system was in the Philippine Area of Responsibility, and is thus taken from the PAGASA's archives, rather than the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
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(JTWC) or
Japan Meteorological Agency
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(JMA)'s archives.
Background
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The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with tropical cyclones being named after affected places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in the Western Pacific.
These included the
Kamikaze
, officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to d ...
,
1906 Hong Kong typhoon
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,
1922 Swatow typhoon and the
1934 Muroto typhoon.
The practice of retiring significant names was started during 1955 by the
United States Weather Bureau
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in the Atlantic Ocean, after hurricanes
Carol,
Edna, and
Hazel
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struck the Northeastern United States and caused a significant amount of damage in the previous year.
Initially the names were only designed to be retired for ten years after which they might be reintroduced, however, it was decided at the 1969 Interdepartmental hurricane conference, that any significant hurricane in the future would have its name permanently retired.
Several names have been removed from the naming lists by the PAGASA for other reasons, than causing a significant amount of death/destruction, which include being similar to other names and political reasons.
PAGASA has removed names from the list for various other reasons, than causing a significant amount of death/destruction. These names include Gloria in 2005, due to
President
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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's disputed win in the
2004 Philippine presidential election and her subsequent involvement in the
Hello Garci scandal
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The scandal involved former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who allegedly rigged the 2004 national el ...
and Nonoy in 2015 which sounded similar to Noynoy, which was President
Benigno Aquino III
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's nickname.
, 71 tropical cyclone names have been retired by the
PAGASA
Pagasa may refer to:
* ''Pagasa'' (genus), an insect genus in the family Nabidae
* PAGASA, an acronym for the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
*"May Pagasa", a pen-name of José Rizal
José Prot ...
, with the most recent being
Jolina
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,
Maring, and
Odette of the previous typhoon season.
Names retired
See also
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Typhoons in the Philippines
Typhoons in the Philippines can occur any time of the year, with the months of June to September being most active, with August being the most active individual month and May the least active. Approximately 20 tropical cyclones enter the Phili ...
*
List of retired Atlantic hurricane names
This is a cumulative list of previously used tropical cyclone (tropical storm and hurricane) names which have been permanently removed from reuse in the North Atlantic region. As of April 2022, 94 storm names have been retired.
The naming of N ...
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List of retired Pacific hurricane names
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List of retired Pacific typhoon names
*
List of retired Australian cyclone names
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List of retired South Pacific tropical cyclone names
Tropical cyclones are non-frontal, low-pressure systems that develop, within an environment of warm sea surface temperatures and little vertical wind shear aloft. Within the South Pacific, names are assigned from a pre-determined list, to such s ...
Notes
References
External links
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services AdministrationWhy typhoon names get retired
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Retired Philippine Typhoon Names
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Pacific typhoons, retired