The 1995 Pacific typhoon season occurred all year round, unusual in that most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.^[1]

The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1995 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical storms formed in the entire west Pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.

Storms

Thirty five tropical cyclones formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 26 became tropical storms. Fifteen storms reached typhoon intensity, five of them achieving super typhoon strength.

Tropical Depression 01W

Tropical Storm Chuck

Tropical Storm Deanna (Auring)

Tropical Storm Eli

Typhoon Faye

On July 19, Tropical Storm Faye became the first typhoon of the season, tied for the second latest date of the first typhoon with 1977, only behind Otto of 1998. It tracked northwestward and reached a peak of 120 mph winds 2 days later. Faye turned northward, and after weakening slightly to a 110 mph typhoon it hit the south coast of South Korea on the 23rd. 16 people were reported dead, with moderate damage from flooding.

Tropical Storm 06W

Typhoon Gary (Bebeng)

Typhoon Helen (Karing)

When Typhoon Helen hit southern China on August 12, it brought landslides and flooding amounting to 23 fatalities.

Tropical Storm Irving (Diding)

Tropical Storm Janis (Etang)

An active monsoon trough developed Tropical Storm Janis, forming on August 17 and becoming a tropical storm on the 21st. Another tropical depression to Janis's west merged with the storm, weakening it rather than the typical strengthening after a merger. Janis continued northwestward, eventually restrengthening to a 65 mph tropical storm before hitting eastern China. It recurved to the northeast, and hit near Seoul, South Korea, on the 26th. The storm brought more rain to an area hit by a typhoon only a month before, causing an additional 45 deaths and $428.5 million in damage.

Tropical Depression 11W

Super Typhoon Kent (Gening)

A tropical depression that formed on August 24 became a tropical storm on the 26th. Kent rapidly intensified on the 29th to a 150 mph super typhoon over the Luzon straight, but it weakened to a 110 mph typhoon as it made landfall on China near Hong Kong on the 31st. Kent caused 52 casualties, as well as $89 million in damage (1995 USD).

Typhoon Lois

Typhoon Mark

Tropical Storm Nina (Helming)

Tropical Depression 16W

Super Typhoon Oscar

In Tokyo, numerous buildings sustained severe damage from high winds and several major highways were shut down. At least 20 people were injured by flying debris in Japan.^[2] One person was killed in a landslide and another drowned in a flood. Seven more people were killed by Typhoon Oscar throughout the country.^[3] Three other people were also listed as missing due to the storm.^[4] Losses from the storm throughout Japan amounted to 612.3 million yen ($6.7 million USD).

Typhoon Polly (Ising)

Super Typhoon Ryan (Luding)

The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression over the South China Sea on September 14. It drifted northwestward, becoming a tropical storm on the 16th and a typhoon on the 19th. As Ryan turned northeastward, it rapidly intensified to become a super typhoon on the 21st, the first ever to form and reach that intensity in the South China Sea. The super typhoon passed south of Taiwan, and weakened to a 110 mph typhoon as it made landfall on southwestern Japan on the 23rd. Ryan only caused 5 deaths on its path.

Typhoon Sibyl (Mameng)

108 fatalities and $38.5 million in damage (1995 USD) can be attributed to Typhoon Sibyl as it crossed the central Philippines on September 29. Sibyl actually strengthened while passing through the archipelago due to the contraction of the wind field.

Typhoon Ted

Tropical Storm Val (Neneng)

Super Typhoon Ward

Typhoon Yvette (Oniang)

Typhoon Zack (Pepang)

Like Sibyl, Zack strengthened while crossing the central Philippines on October 28. The typhoon continued to intensify over the South China Sea to a 140 mph storm, but weakened to a 115 mph typhoon as it made landfall on eastern Vietnam on the 1st. Zack caused 110 deaths and heavy damage from flooding.

Super Typhoon Angela (Rosing)

The monsoon trough that developed Yvette and Zack spawned another tropical depression on October 20. It moved to the west, organizing very slowly to become a tropical storm on the 26th. 2 days later Angela became a typhoon, and from the 31st to the 1st Angela rapidly intensified to a super typhoon. It maintained that intensity as it moved westward, hitting the Philippines on the 2nd as a slightly weaker storm. Angela continued to the west-northwest, where upper level winds caused it to dissipate on the 7th over the Gulf of Tonkin. Angela caused 9.33 billion Philippine Pesos (1995 pesos) in damage across the Philippines, resulting in 882 fatalities.^[5]

Tropical Storm Brian

Tropical Storm Colleen

Tropical Depression 32/33 (Sendang)

Tropical Depressions 32W and 33W, though operationally treated as two separate cyclones, were in actuality one system; a relative rare event that shows the difficulties of tracking poorly organized storms. 32 developed on November 30 east of the Philippines. Operationally it was said to have tracked to the northeast and dissipated, with a second area of convection to the west becoming 33W. 32's convection became disorganized with the shower activity heading northeastward, but the low level circulation remained behind and headed westward to be called 33. The depression headed west-southwest, where it brought heavy rain to the Philippines on the 4th and 5th, killing 14 people. The most recent example prior to this system that had two names was Tropical Storm Ken-Lola in the 1989 Pacific typhoon season.

Tropical Depression 34W

Tropical Storm Dan (Trining)

1995 storm names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. This was the last year the following names were used. The first storm of 1995 was named Chuck and the final one was named Dan.

Philippines

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones within its area of responsibility. Lists are recycled every four years. This is the same list used for the 1991 season, with the exception of Ulding, which replaced Uring. The name Rosing was retired after this season.

See also

• 1995 Pacific hurricane season
• 1995 Atlantic hurricane season
• 1995 North Indian cyclone season
• 1995-96 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

References

External links

• Japan Meteorological Agency
• Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
• China Meteorological Agency
• National Weather Service Guam
• Hong Kong Observatory
• Macau Meteorological Geophysical Services
• Korea Meteorological Agency
• Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
• Taiwan Central Weather Bureau
• Satellite movie of 1995 Pacific typhoon season

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