Storm Names

Western North Pacific tropical cyclones are named by the RSMC Tokyo-Typhoon Center of the Japan Meteorological Agency. Names are selected from the following lists, there is no annual list. Names were contributed by 13 members of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, except for Singapore. The 13 nations or territories, along with the Federated States of Micronesia, each submitted 10 names, which are used in alphabetical order by the English name of the country. The first storm and typhoon of the season was named Kujira. A storm was named Molave for the first time, the name having replaced Imbudo in 2003. Also, the name Goni was corrected from Koni. Names in bold are storms that are currently active, and unused names are marked in gray.