1987 Pacific typhoon season

1987 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	January 7, 1987
Last system dissipated	December 20, 1987
Strongest storm
Name	Betty
• Maximum winds	205 km/h (125 mph) (10-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	890 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	32
Total storms	23
Typhoons	17
Super typhoons	6 (unofficial)
Total fatalities	1,402 total
Total damage	> $1.3 billion (1987 USD)
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The 1987 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season, though it featured a relatively high amount of typhoons. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1987, but most tropical cyclones formed between May and November.^[1] Tropical storms that formed in the entire basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. 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.

A total of 25 tropical cyclones formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 24 became tropical storms. Of the 24, 17 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 6 reached super typhoon strength.