Typhoons in the Philippines - wikipedia Typhoons in the Philippines PAGASA 's Tropical Cyclone Intensity Scale Sustained winds Super Typhoon ≥ 119 knots ≥ 220 km / h Typhoon 64 -- 119 knots 118 -- 220 km / h Severe Tropical Storm 48 -- 63 knots 89 -- 117 km / h Tropical Storm 34 -- 47 knots 62 -- 88 km / h Tropical Depression ≤ 33 knots ≤ 61 km / h Tracks of tropical cyclones worldwide, 1945 -- 2006. The Philippines is under the red and yellow tracks northeast of Borneo. The southern island of Mindinao can be seen south of most tracks. Tracks of all typhoons of the 2016 Pacific season. No typhoons made landfall on Mindinao. Map of Philippine Area of Responsibility Map of the path of Typhoon Frank, showing it making landfall in the Eastern Visayas before taking a northwesterly path Approximately twenty tropical cyclones enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility yearly of which ten will be typhoons with five being destructive. The Philippines is `` the most exposed country in the world to tropical storms '' according to a Time Magazine article in 2013. In the Philippine languages, typhoons are called bagyo. Typhoons can hit the Philippines any time of year, with the months of June to September being the most active, with August being the most active individual month and May the least active. Typhoons move east to west across the country, heading north as they go. Storms most frequently make landfall on the islands of Eastern Visayas, Bicol region, and northern Luzon whereas the southern island and region of Mindanao is largely free of typhoons. The deadliest overall tropical cyclone to impact the Philippines is believed to have been the Haiphong typhoon which is estimated to have killed up to 20,000 people as it passed over the country in September 1881. In modern meteorological records, the deadliest storm was Typhoon Yolanda ( international name Haiyan ), which became the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone ever recorded as it crossed the Visayas in central Philippines on November 7 -- 8, 2013. The wettest known tropical cyclone to impact the archipelago was the July 14 -- 18, 1911 cyclone which dropped over 2,210 millimetres ( 87 in ) of rainfall within a 3 - day, 15 - hour period in Baguio City. Tropical cyclones usually account for at least 30 percent of the annual rainfall in the northern Philippines while being responsible for less than 10 percent of the annual rainfall in the southern islands. PAGASA Senior Weather Specialist Anthony Lucero told the newsite Rappler that the number of destructive typhoons have increased recently but it is too early to call it a trend. Tropical cyclones entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility are given a local name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ( PAGASA ), which also raises public storm signal warnings as deemed necessary. Preparation and response to typhoons is coordinated by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council ( NDRRMC ). Each Philippine province and local government in the Philippines has a corresponding Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ( DRRMO ). Each provincial and local government is required to set aside 5 % of its yearly budget for disaster risk reduction, preparations, and response. Contents 1 Etymology of `` bagyo '' 2 Storm naming conventions : national and international names 3 Variability in activity 4 Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals 5 Deadliest Cyclones 6 Most destructive 7 Wettest recorded tropical cyclones 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Etymology of `` bagyo '' Sources including a dictionary, a language course, and a meteorological society claim that the term bagyo, a Tagalog language word meaning typhoon arose after a 1911 storm in the city of Baguio had a record rainfall of 46 inches within a 24 - hour period. However, this theory is impossible because the Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala first published in 1754 contains an entry for `` BAG - YO '' defined in Spanish as `` Tempestad, uracan '' ( tempest, hurricane ), proof that the term `` bagyo '' already existed in Tagalog in the 1700s. The reverse entry for `` Huracan '' translates it into Tagalog as `` Baguio, Bag - yo ''. Storm naming conventions : National and international names Since the middle of the 20th Century, American forecasters have named tropical storms after people, originally using only female names. Philippine government forecasters started assigning Filipino names to storms in 1963 following the American practice, using names of people in alphabetical order, from A to Z. Beginning in January 2000, the World Meteorological Organization `` s Typhoon Committee began assigning names to storms nominated by the 14 Asian countries who are members with each country getting 2 to 3 a year. These names, unlike the American and Filipino traditions, are not names for people exclusively but include flowers, animals, and food, and they are not in alphabetical order by name but rather in alphabetical order by the country that nominated the name. After January 2000, Filipino forecasters continued their tradition of naming storms that enter the Philippines Area of Responsibility and so there are often two names for each storm, the PAGASA name and the so - called `` international name ''. Variability in activity On an annual time scale, activity reaches a minimum in May, before increasing steadily through June, and spiking from July through September, with August being the most active month for tropical cyclones in the Philippines. Activity reduces significantly in October. The most active season, since 1945, for tropical cyclone strikes on the island archipelago was 1993 when nineteen tropical cyclones moved through the country ( though there were 36 storms that were named by PAGASA ). There was only one tropical cyclone which moved through the Philippines in 1958. The most frequently impacted areas of the Philippines by tropical cyclones are northern Luzon and eastern Visayas. A ten - year average of satellite determined precipitation showed that at least 30 percent of the annual rainfall in the northern Philippines could be traced to tropical cyclones, while the southern islands receive less than 10 percent of their annual rainfall from tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclone Warning Signals Signal # 1 winds of 30 -- 60 km / h ( 20 - 37 mph ) are expected to occur within 36 hours Signal # 2 winds of 61 -- 120 km / h ( 38 -- 73 mph ) are expected to occur within 24 hours Signal # 3 winds of 121 -- 170 km / h, ( 74 -- 105 mph ) are expected to occur within 18 hours. Signal # 4 winds of 171 -- 220 km / h, ( 106 -- 137 mph ) are expected to occur within 12 hours. Signal # 5 winds of at least 220 km / h, ( 137 mph ) are expected to occur within 12 hours. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration ( PAGASA ) releases tropical cyclone warnings in the form of Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals. An area having a storm signal may be under : TCWS # 1 - Tropical cyclone winds of 30 km / h ( 19 mph ) to 60 km / h ( 37 mph ) are expected within the next 36 hours. ( Note : If a tropical cyclone forms very close to the area, then a shorter lead time is seen on the warning bulletin. ) TCWS # 2 - Tropical cyclone winds of 61 km / h ( 38 mph ) to 120 km / h ( 75 mph ) are expected within the next 24 hours. TCWS # 3 - Tropical cyclone winds of 121 km / h ( 75 mph ) to 170 km / h ( 110 mph ) are expected within the next 18 hours. TCWS # 4 - Tropical cyclone winds of 171 km / h ( 106 mph ) to 220 km / h ( 140 mph ) are expected within 12 hours. TCWS # 5 - Tropical cyclone winds greater than 220 km / h ( 140 mph ) are expected within 12 hours. These Tropical Cyclone Warning Signals are usually raised when an area ( in the Philippines only ) is about to be hit by a tropical cyclone. As a tropical cyclone gains strength and / or gets nearer to an area having a storm signal, the warning may be upgraded to a higher one in that particular area ( e.g. a signal No. 1 warning for an area may be increased to signal # 3 ). Conversely, as a tropical cyclone weakens and / or gets farther to an area, it may be downgraded to a lower signal or may be lifted ( that is, an area will have no storm signal ). Classes for Preschool are canceled when Signal No. 1 is in effect. Elementary and High School classes and below are cancelled under Signal No. 2 and classes for Colleges and Universities and below are cancelled under Signal Nos. 3, 4 and 5. Deadliest Cyclones Typhoon Haiyan ( Yolanda ) to make landfall over Leyte in November 2013 Typhoon Megi nearing landfall over the Philippines on October 18, 2010 Rank Storm Dates of impact Deaths Haiphong 1881 1881, September 27 20,000 Haiyan / Yolanda 2013 2013, November 7 -- 8 6,300 Thelma / Uring 1991 1991, November 4 -- 7 5,101 Bopha / Pablo 2012 2012, December 2 -- 9 1,901 5 Angela Typhoon 1867, September 22 1,800 6 Winnie 2004 2004, November 27 -- 29 1,593 7 October 1897 Typhoon 1897, October 7 1,500 8 Ike / Nitang 1984 1984, September 3 -- 6 1,492 9 Fengshen / Frank 2008 2008, June 20 -- 23 1,410 10 Durian / Reming 2006 2006, November 29 - December 1 1,399 Most destructive Animated enhanced infrared satellite loop of Typhoon Haiyan from peak intensity to landfall in the Philippines Rank Name Year PHP USD Haiyan ( Yolanda ) 2013 89.6 billion 2.02 billion Bopha ( Pablo ) 2012 42.2 billion 1.04 billion Rammasun ( Glenda ) 2014 38.6 billion 871 million Parma ( Pepeng ) 2009 27.3 billion 608 million 5 Nesat ( Pedring ) 2011 15 billion 333 million 6 Fengshen ( Frank ) 2008 13.5 billion 301 million 7 Megi ( Juan ) 11 billion 255 million 8 Ketsana ( Ondoy ) 2009 11 billion 244 million 9 Mike ( Ruping ) 10.8 billion 241 million 10 Angela ( Rosing ) 1995 10.8 billion 241 million Sources Destructive Typhoons from 1970 until 2003 by NDRRMC. Situation Report No. 50 of the Effects of TS Ondoy and TY Pepeng by NDRRMC. Situation Report No. 27 of the Effects of TS Juan by NDRRMC. Situation Report No. 38 of the Effects of TY Pablo by the NDRRMC. NDRRMC Updates re Effects of TY YOLANDA ( HAIYAN ) NDRRMC FINAL REPORT re Effects of Typhoon `` GLENDA '' ( RAMMASUN ) Wettest recorded tropical cyclones Main article : List of wettest tropical cyclones by country Wettest tropical cyclones and their remnants in the Philippine islands Highest - known totals Precipitation Storm Location Ref. Rank mm in 2210.0 87.01 July 1911 cyclone Baguio City 1854.3 73.00 Parma ( Pepeng ) 2009 Baguio City 1216.0 47.86 Carla ( Trining ) 1967 Baguio City 1116.0 43.94 Zeb ( Iliang ) 1998 La Trinidad, Benguet 5 1085.8 42.74 Utor ( Feria ) 2001 Baguio City 6 1077.8 42.43 Koppu ( Lando ) 2015 Baguio City 7 1012.7 39.87 Mindulle ( Igme ) 2004 8 902.0 35.51 Kujira ( Dante ) 2009 9 879.9 34.64 September 1929 typhoon Virac, Catanduanes 10 869.6 34.24 Dinah ( Openg ) 1977 Western Luzon See also 2016 Pacific typhoon season 2017 Pacific typhoon season List of Pacific typhoon seasons ( 1939 onwards ) List of retired Philippine typhoon names For other storms impacting the Philippines in deadly seasons, see : Effects of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines Effects of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines References ^ Jump up to : de la Cruz, Gwen ( March 19, 2016 ). `` IN NUMBERS : Typhoons in the Philippines and the 2016 polls ''. Rappler. 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Question: number of typhoons in the philippines per year
Answer: ten