During the season, 23 tropical storms developed in the Western Pacific and each one was named by the JMA, when the system was judged to have 10-minute sustained windspeeds of . The JMA selected the names from a list of 140 names, that had been developed by the 14 members nations and territories of the &lt;a href="ESCAP/WMO%20Typhoon%20Committee"&gt;ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee&lt;/a&gt;. Retired names, if any, will be announced by the WMO in 2021, though replacement names will be announced in 2022. During the season, the name Saudel was used for the first time after it replaced Soudelor in the 2015 season.