1979 Pacific typhoon season

The 1979 Pacific typhoon season has no official limits; it ran year-round in 1979, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. 

28 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 23 became tropical storms. 14 storms reached typhoon intensity. Four of these reached super typhoon strength.
Storms
Typhoon Alice

Typhoon Alice began as a tropical disturbance on January 1. Alice then on the 9th started to turn northward and began to weaken. Alice then dissipated rapidly on January 14.

Typhoon Bess (Auring)

Typhoon Cecil (Bebeng)

Tropical Storm Dot (Katring)

Tropical Depression 05W (Diding)

Typhoon Ellis (Etang)

Tropical Storm Faye (Gening)

Tropical Depression 8W

Super Typhoon Hope (Ising)
Typhoon Hope was a powerful typhoon that hit Hong Kong On August 2 killing 112. 

Tropical Storm Gordon (Herming)

Tropical Depression 11W (Luding)

Typhoon Irving (Mameng)

Super Typhoon Judy (Neneng)

Tropical Depression 14W

Tropical Storm Ken (Oniang)

Typhoon Lola

Typhoon Mac (Pepang)

Tropical Storm Nancy

Typhoon Owen (Rosing)

Tropical Storm Pamela

Tropical Storm Roger (Sisang)

Typhoon Sarah (Sisang-Uring)

Typhoon Sarah was a strong tropical cyclone that formed in the monsoon trough on October 4. Sarah then struck  Vietnam causing many deaths and damage to crops.

Super Typhoon Tip (Warling)

Typhoon Tip was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.


Super Typhoon Vera (Yayang)

Typhoon Vera was the 2nd strongest typhoon in 1979, just behind Typhoon Tip.

Tropical Storm Wayne (Ading)

Tropical Depression 26W

Typhoon Abby (Barang)

Tropical Storm Ben (Krising)

1979 storm names
Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. The first storm of 1979 was named Alice and the final one was named Ben. The name Alice was retired after this season and replaced by Andy.

 Alice 1W
 Bess 2W
 Cecil 3W
 Dot 4W
 Ellis 6W
 Faye 7W
 Gordon 10W
 Hope 9W
 Irving 12W
 Judy 13W
 Ken 15W
 Lola 16W
 Mac 17W
 Nancy 18W
 Owen 19W
 Pamela 20W
 Roger 21W
 Sarah 22W
 Tip 23W
 Vera 24W
 Wayne 25W Abby 27W
 Ben 28W
 Carmen
 Dom
 Ellen
 Forrest
 Georgia
 Herbert
 Ida
 Joe
 Kim
 Lex
 Marge
 Norris
 Orchid
 Percy
 Ruth
 Sperry
 Thelma
 Vernon
 Wynn Alex
 Betty
 Cary
 Dinah
 Ed
 Freda
 Gerald
 Holly
 Ike
 June
 Kelly
 Lynn
 Maury
 Nina
 Ogden
 Phyllis
 Roy
 Susan
 Thad
 Vanessa
 Warren 
 Agnes
 Bill
 Clara
 Doyle
 Elsie
 Fabian
 Gay
 Hazen
 Irma
 Jeff
 Kit
 Lee
 Mamie
 Nelson
 Odessa
 Pat
 Ruby
 Skip
 Tess
 Val
 Winona

Other websites
Japan Meteorological Agency
Joint Typhoon Warning Center .
China Meteorological Agency 
National Weather Service Guam

Category:1979 Pacific typhoon season