Claim: Typhoon Tip is the strongest typhoon recorded in the North Western Pacific Ocean in 1979, a season that saw twelve typhoons.
Evidence: 13 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 4 reached super typhoon strength. The season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1979, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line.