1938 Pacific typhoon season

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1938 Pacific typhoon season
Seasonal boundaries
First system formedJanuary 11, 1938
Last system dissipatedDecember 10, 1938
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions31
Total fatalities338 [1]
Total damageUnknown
Related articles
Pacific typhoon seasons
1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940

The 1938 Pacific typhoon season featured 31 storms. Data from this period was extremely sparse, so intensity is not available for these systems. The only agency that tracked these typhoons is the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBRrACS), which has compiled a database of all known tropical cyclones since 1851. [2]

Contents

Systems

January–May

The first storm of the season formed on January 11, west of the Philippines. It moved northwestward, and made landfall on Luzon late on January 12 before dissipating the next day. It caused no known deaths or damage. [3]

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity, from April 5 to April 12. It did not affect land. [4]

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity, from April 29 to May 4. It affected the Philippines, and neared China. [5]

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity, from May 9 to May 16. It affected the Philippines. [6]

June and July

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity, from June 21 to July 3. It affected Japan. [7]

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity, from July 7 to July 10. It affected China. [8]

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity, from July 15 to July 19. It did not affect land. [9]

Storm Eight

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DurationJuly 18 – July 19
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in July. It did not affect land. [10]

Storm Nine

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DurationAugust 4 – August 13
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August. It affected Japan and China. [11]

Storm Ten

Temporary cyclone north.svg  
DurationAugust 5 – August 8
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August. It did not affect land. [12]

Storm Eleven

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DurationAugust 11 – August 16
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August. It did not affect land. [13]

Storm Twelve

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DurationAugust 20 – August 23
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August. It affected Taiwan. [14]

Storm Thirteen

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DurationAugust 23 – August 26
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August. It did not affect land. [15]

Storm Fourteen

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DurationAugust 24 – August 27
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August. It affected China. [16]

Storm Fifteen

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DurationAugust 25 – September 2
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August and September. It affected Japan. [17]

Storm Sixteen

Temporary cyclone north.svg  
DurationAugust 30 – September 9
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in August and September. It affected Japan. [18]

Storm Seventeen

Temporary cyclone north.svg  
DurationSeptember 1 – September 4
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in September. It did not affect land. [19]

Storm Eighteen

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DurationSeptember 6 – September 9
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in September. It did not affect land. [20]

Storm Nineteen

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DurationSeptember 17 – September 26
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in September. It neared Japan. [21]

Storm Twenty

Temporary cyclone north.svg  
DurationSeptember 23 – September 28
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in September. It affected Taiwan and China. [22]

Storm Twenty-One

Temporary cyclone north.svg  
DurationSeptember 25 – September 28
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in September. It affected Vietnam. [23]

Storm Twenty-Two

Temporary cyclone north.svg  
DurationSeptember 27 – October 7
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in September and October. It affected the Philippines. [24]

Storm Twenty-Three

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DurationOctober 1 – October 8
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in October. It affected the Philippines and China, [25] and caused a shipwreck in Luzon, killing 33 people. [1]

Storm Twenty-Four

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DurationOctober 6 – October 16
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in October. It neared Japan. [26]

Storm Twenty-Five

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DurationOctober 10 – October 21
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in October. It affected Japan. [27]

Storm Twenty-Six

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DurationOctober 13 – October 16
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in October. It did not affect land. [28]

Storm Twenty-Seven

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DurationNovember 3 – November 10
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in November. It affected the Philippines and China. [29]

Storm Twenty-Eight

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DurationNovember 10 – November 16
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in November. It did not affect land. [30]

Storm Twenty-Nine

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DurationNovember 21 – November 27
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in November. It affected the Philippines. [31]

Storm Thirty

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DurationNovember 28 – December 2
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in November and December. It affected the Philippines. [32]

Storm Thirty-One

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DurationDecember 4 – December 10
Peak intensityWinds not specified 

IBTRACS gives a storm of unknown intensity in December. It affected the Philippines, [33] killing 305 people. [1]

See also

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