1999 Pacific typhoon season

1999 Pacific typhoon season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	January 3, 1999
Last system dissipated	December 16, 1999
Strongest storm
Name	Bart
• Maximum winds	165 km/h (105 mph) (10-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	930 hPa (mbar)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	45
Total storms	20
Typhoons	5 (record low)
Super typhoons	1 (unofficial)
Total fatalities	976
Total damage	$18.36 billion (1999 USD)
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1999 Atlantic hurricane season 1999 Pacific hurricane season 1999 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
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The 1999 Pacific typhoon season was the last Pacific typhoon season to use English names as storm names. It also featured the lowest number of typhoons on record, with only five reaching this intensity. This was mainly due to a strong La Niña which persisted from last year.^[1] The season was also below-average in named storms, with only 20 of such spawning. It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1999, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The first named storm, Hilda, developed on January 6, while the last named storm, Gloria, dissipated on November 16.

Tropical Storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical cyclones 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.