2012 Pacific typhoon season
| 2012 Pacific typhoon season |
Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries |
| First system formed |
January 13, 2012 |
| Last system dissipated |
December 29, 2012 |
| Strongest storm |
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| Name |
Sanba |
| • Maximum winds |
205 km/h (125 mph)
(10-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure |
900 hPa (mbar) |
| Seasonal statistics |
| Total depressions |
35 |
| Total storms |
25 |
| Typhoons |
14 |
| Super typhoons |
4 (Unofficial)
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| Total fatalities |
1681 total |
| Total damage |
$6.08 billion (2012 USD) |
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Pacific typhoon seasons
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
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| Tropical depression (JMA) |
| Tropical depression (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
February 17 – February 21 |
| Peak intensity |
55 km/h (35 mph) (10-min) 1004 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
March 26 – April 2 |
| Peak intensity |
75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 998 hPa (mbar) |
| Severe tropical storm (JMA) |
| Category 1 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
May 20 – May 27 |
| Peak intensity |
110 km/h (70 mph) (10-min) 975 hPa (mbar) |
| Typhoon (JMA) |
| Category 3 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
May 31 – June 6 |
| Peak intensity |
140 km/h (85 mph) (10-min) 960 hPa (mbar) |
| Typhoon (JMA) |
| Category 4 super typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 10 – June 19 |
| Peak intensity |
185 km/h (115 mph) (10-min) 930 hPa (mbar) |
| Severe tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 16 – June 20 |
| Peak intensity |
95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 985 hPa (mbar) |
| Tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 25 – June 30 |
| Peak intensity |
75 km/h (45 mph) (10-min) 992 hPa (mbar) |
| Severe tropical storm (JMA) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 14 – July 19 |
| Peak intensity |
95 km/h (60 mph) (10-min) 985 hPa (mbar) |
| Typhoon (JMA) |
| Category 4 typhoon (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 18 – July 25 |
| Peak intensity |
150 km/h (90 mph) (10-min) 950 hPa (mbar) |
The 2012 Pacific typhoon season was a fairly average and destructive season, but rather active since 2004. The season became very active between mid-July and mid-August, with nine named storms formed during the period.
Vicente underwent explosive intensification and made landfall over the west Pearl River Delta as a strong typhoon. Damrey developed into a typhoon in the Yellow Sea and became the most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall north of the Yangtze River since 1949. Typhoon Haikui, although centred far away from the Philippines, killed at least 89 people in the country. Typhoon Tembin affected Taiwan twice because of its cyclonic loop.
From late August to September, three very powerful typhoons, Bolaven, Sanba and Jelawat, directly hit Okinawa Island successively. In October, the remnants of Severe Tropical Storm Gaemi arrived at the Bay of Bengal and re-intensified into a deep depression before making landfall over Bangladesh. In December, Typhoon Bopha, an unusually very low-latitude but very powerful tropical cyclone, caused catastrophic damage in Mindanao in the Philippines. Bopha killed at least 1,146 people and cost $1.04 billion (2012 USD) in the Philippines, becoming the deadliest storm worldwide in 2012 and the second-costliest Philippine typhoon in history, only surpassed by Typhoon Haiyan the following season.
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