List of named storms (P)

Storms

 * Note: † indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin


 * Pabling (2001) – a weak tropical depression that persisted in the South China Sea.


 * Pablo
 * 1995 – did not affect land.
 * 2004 – a tropical depression that was only recognized by PAGASA.
 * 2008 – affected the Philippines as a weak tropical storm.
 * 2012† – very intense typhoon that struck Mindanao, Philippines.
 * 2019 – a Category 1 hurricane that became the easternmost Atlantic hurricane on record.


 * Pabuk
 * 2001 – struck Japan.
 * 2007 – struck Taiwan and China.
 * 2013 – classified as a typhoon by the JTWC.
 * 2019 – a weak storm that struck the Malay Peninsula in January 2019.


 * Paddy
 * 1981 – a weak tropical cyclone that had no impact on land.
 * 2021 – remained out to sea.


 * Paeng
 * 2006 – made landfall over the Philippines after its peak strength as a category 5 typhoon.
 * 2014 – a typhoon that became a Category 5 super typhoon, but did not make landfall.
 * 2018 – another Category 5 super typhoon that later made landfall in Japan as a weaker system.
 * 2022† – a deadly tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage across the Philippines and later impacted Hong Kong and Macau.


 * Page
 * 1990 – a Category 5 super typhoon that became the fourth typhoon to strike Japan in three months.
 * 1994 – a Category 2 typhoon that stayed out to sea and was difficult to track, having the largest track error of any typhoon in 1994.


 * Paine
 * 1986 – a Category 2 hurricane that contributed to one of the most significant flooding events in Oklahoma history.
 * 1992 – minimal hurricane that stayed away from any land.
 * 2016 – minimal hurricane that affected Baja California.
 * 2022 – a weak tropical storm, dissipated in the open ocean.


 * Paka (1997)† – originated in the Central Pacific and became a Category 5 super typhoon, affecting the Pacific islands, bringing total damages of up to US$580 million.


 * Pakhar
 * 2012 – a strong tropical storm that affected the Philippines and the Indochina as a whole in early-April 2012.
 * 2017 – a strong tropical storm that impacted South China during late August 2017.
 * 2022 – remained out at sea but caused 8 indirect deaths in the Philippines.


 * Pali (2016) – earliest forming tropical cyclone in the East or Central Pacific after forming on January 7, became a Category 2 hurricane.


 * Paloma (2008)† – sixth most intense November Atlantic hurricane on record; affected Cuba causing about US$450 million in damages.


 * Pam
 * 1974 – a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern coast of Australia.
 * 1997 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected the Cook Islands.
 * 2015† – a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone that caused significant damage in Vanuatu and also affected the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and New Zealand.


 * Pamela
 * 1954 – Category 5 typhoon in the South China Sea that affected South China.
 * 1958 – did not affect any land.
 * 1961 – a Category 5 typhoon that crossed the island and the Taiwan Strait, the storm hit east China.
 * 1964 – did not affect any land.
 * 1966 –a category 2 typhoon made two landfalls with typhoon strength over Masbate and Mindoro before emerging from the South China Sea as a tropical storm.
 * 1970 – brought rains and winds to the Philippines, but no major damage was reported.
 * 1972 – a category 3 typhoon struck Philippines and Hong Kong killing one person.
 * 1976 – a powerful typhoon that struck the U.S. territory of Guam in May 1976, causing about $500 million in damage (USD).
 * 1979 – remained out to sea.
 * 1982 – a Category 3 typhoon threatened Guam six years after the devastating typhoon of the same name.
 * 2021 – a storm that made landfall in Mexico as a category 1 hurricane.


 * Pancho
 * 1986 – a short-lived tropical cyclone that persisted off the coast of Western Australia.
 * 1997 – a severe tropical cyclone that meandered in the Indian Ocean.
 * 2008 – affected Southwestern Australia bringing rainfall.


 * Paolo
 * 2013 – PAGASA name for Typhoon Wutip which impacted Vietnam as a Category 3 typhoon.
 * 2017 – PAGASA name for Typhoon Lan, a large intense typhoon that impacted Japan.


 * Paring
 * 1968 – a Category 4 typhoon that did not affect land.
 * 1972 – the most destructive tropical cyclone to strike Japan during the 1992.
 * 1976 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall Northern Philippines and Hong Kong.
 * 1980 – a tropical depression that affected Philippines, South China and Vietnam.
 * 1984 – a weak tropical depression that persisted near the Philippines.
 * 1988 – a Category 5 super typhoon that did not affect any land.
 * 1992 – a severe tropical storm intensified over the South China Sea before making landfall in Vietnam.
 * 1996 – a Category 3 equivalent typhoon that crossed the Ryukyu Islands.
 * 2000 – a Category 3 typhoon executed a cyclonic loop near the Ryukyu Islands dissipated near Taiwan.


 * Parma
 * 2003 – a Category 4 super typhoon that did not affect any land.
 * 2009† – a Category 4 typhoon that impacted northern Philippines and South China; same storm as Typhoon Pepeng of 2009 below.


 * Pasing
 * 1974 – a Category 1 typhoon that made landfall Japan.
 * 1978 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall Vietnam.
 * 1982 – s strong tropical storm significant flooding caused the evacuation of several thousand people and damaged the rice crop.
 * 1986 – a Category 1 typhoon that made landfall Philippines and South China.
 * 1990 – the fifth tropical cyclone of a record-six to hit Japan during the 1990.
 * 1994 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall Taiwan and China.


 * Pat
 * 1948 – a typhoon that did not affect land.
 * 1951 – a Category 2 typhoon that made landfall on the Philippines and China.
 * 1977 – a weak and short-lived tropical cyclone.
 * 1982 – a Category 3 typhoon that neared the Philippines.
 * 1985 – impacted southern Japan and was known as one of three cyclones that interacted with each other.
 * 1988 – a severe tropical storm that hit the Philippines.
 * 1991 – a Category 4 typhoon that did not affect land.
 * 1994 – a Category 2 typhoon that did not affect land.
 * 2010† – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that affected the Cook Islands.


 * Patricia
 * 1949 – a category 4 typhoon that did not affect any land.
 * 1970 – remained in the open ocean.
 * 1974 – caused no known damage or deaths.
 * 2003 – remained at sea, causing no damages.
 * 2009 – briefly affected parts of Baja California Sur, causing no damage.
 * 2015† – strongest storm ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, the second-strongest worldwide in terms of pressure, and the strongest in terms of 1-minute sustained winds.


 * Patsy
 * 1955 – Category 4 super typhoon, struck the Philippines as a tropical storm.
 * 1959 – Category 5 hurricane and Category 4-equivalent typhoon, crossed the International Dateline twice.
 * 1962 – struck Samar, in the Philippines, and China.
 * 1965 – struck the Philippines.
 * 1967– struck China and North Vietnam.
 * 1970 – Category 4 super typhoon, struck the Philippines and North Vietnam.
 * 1973 – Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, brushed the Philippines.
 * 1977 – remained out at sea.
 * 1986 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected Vanuatu and New Caledonia but caused little or no damage to the island nation.


 * Patty (2012) – a weak, short-lived tropical storm off The Bahamas.


 * Paul
 * 1978 – made landfall in western Mexico.
 * 1980 – affected much of Queensland.
 * 1982 – killed over 1,000 in Central America.
 * 1994 – never threatened land.
 * 1999 – a disorganized tropical storm.
 * 2000 (April) – a severe tropical cyclone that did not affect any land.
 * 2000 (October) – made landfall in Hawaii as a tropical depression.
 * 2006 – made landfall in Mexico as a tropical depression.
 * 2010 – a tropical cyclone that brought flooding in Northern Territory of Australia.
 * 2012 – threatened Baja California, but weakened before landfall.
 * 2018 – never threatened land.
 * 2024 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that remained away from land in the Coral sea.


 * Paula
 * 1973 – a weak cyclone that did not impact land.
 * 2001† – caused extensive damage to areas of Vanuatu.
 * 2010 – a small hurricane that struck Honduras and Cuba, causing minimal damage.


 * Paulette (2020) – a long-lasting Category 2 hurricane that impacted Bermuda.


 * Pauline
 * 1947 – a Category 3 typhoon that battered northern Philippines.
 * 1961 – remained well out at sea.
 * 1968 – made landfall on Baja California.
 * 1985 – threatened Hawaii.
 * 1997† – was one of the deadliest Pacific hurricanes to make landfall in Mexico, killing more than 200 people.


 * Pawan (2019) – a relatively weak cyclonic storm that made landfall in Somalia.


 * Pearl
 * 1948 – a Category 2 typhoon that made landfall Eastern China and Korea.
 * 1983 – a tropical low that was classified as a tropical cyclone during the season.
 * 1994 – a severe tropical cyclone that had no impacts on land which later crossed over to the South-West Indian Ocean.


 * Pedring (2011)† – a strong Category 4 typhoon that ravaged the Philippines.


 * Pedro (1989)† – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that stayed at sea.


 * Peggy
 * 1945 – a weak tropical storm which did not make landfall.
 * 1965 – not areas land.
 * 1986 – a Category 5 super typhoon that later made landfall on Luzon and China, killing at least 422 people.
 * 1989 – a weak tropical storm which did not impact land.


 * Peipah
 * 2007 – affected the Philippines and Vietnam as a minimal typhoon during November.
 * 2014 – a weak tropical storm that did not affect any land.
 * 2019 – a weak tropical storm that did not affect any land.


 * Peke (1987) – a Category 2 hurricane that persisted in both the Central and Northwest Pacific basins.


 * Peni
 * 1980 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that affected Fiji.
 * 1990† – a severe tropical cyclone that did not affect any land.


 * Penny
 * 1974 – a November Category 2 tropical cyclone; did not affect any land.
 * 1998 – a severe tropical storm that affected Philippines.
 * 2018 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected northern Australia.


 * Pepang
 * 1963 – remained over the open ocean.
 * 1967 – a Category 1 typhoon that affected Philippines and South China.
 * 1971 – a strong typhoon affected Philippines, South China and Vietnam.
 * 1975 – hit the Philippines and Vietnam
 * 1979 – crossed southern Luzon and then made landfall near Hong Kong.
 * 1983 – a strong tropical storm that affected Philippines and South China.
 * 1987 – responsible for severe flooding in Taiwan
 * 1991 – short-lived storm that brushed Japan
 * 1995 – a Category 4 typhoon that crossed the central Philippines and then made landfall on eastern Vietnam, causing 110 deaths
 * 1999 – a Category 3 typhoon that hit northern Luzon then eastern China


 * Pepeng
 * 2005 – a severe tropical storm that brushed the northeastern tip of the Philippines.
 * 2009† – a Category 4 typhoon that impacted northern Philippines and South China; same storm as Typhoon Parma of 2009 above.


 * Pepito (2020) – a minimal typhoon that affected both the Philippines and Vietnam.


 * Percy
 * 1980 – a Category 4 typhoon that impacted Taiwan.
 * 1983 – persisted in the South China Sea.
 * 1987 – affected the Caroline Islands.
 * 1990 – impacted northern Philippines and eastern China.
 * 1993 – impacted Japan as a severe tropical storm.
 * 2005† – a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone that did not affect any land.


 * Perla (2019) – a small Category 2 typhoon that did not affect any land.


 * Peta (2013) – a weak tropical cyclone that made landfall in northern Western Australia.


 * Pete (1999) – a weak Category 2 tropical cyclone that crossed from the Australian region to the South Pacific and did not impact land.


 * Peter
 * 1978 – the wettest tropical cyclone on record in Australia; caused damages throughout the Gulf of Carpentaria.
 * 1997 – a Category 1 typhoon that made landfall in Japan.
 * 2003 – a strong tropical storm that formed out of an extratropical gale in December, almost reaching hurricane status in the open ocean.
 * 2021 – a weak and poorly organized tropical storm that stayed at sea.


 * Petie (1950) – remained out to sea.


 * Pewa (2013) – a severe tropical storm that persisted in both the Central and Northwestern Pacific basins.


 * Phailin (2013) – was the most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall in India; damages were totalled to US$4.26 billion.


 * Phanfone
 * 2002 – a Category 4 typhoon that minimal affected Japan.
 * 2008 – was only recognized by the Japan Meteorological Agency as a severe tropical storm.
 * 2014 – a Category 4 super typhoon that made landfall in Japan.
 * 2019† – a Category 3 typhoon that struck the Philippines on Christmas, killing over 50.


 * Phet (2010) – a powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall on Oman, Western India, and Pakistan, killing 861 people.


 * Phethai (2018) – affected the Andhra Pradesh region in December 2018.


 * Phil (1996) – a long-lasting Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected Northern Australia before moving out into the Indian Ocean


 * Philippe
 * 2005 – a short-lived Category 1 hurricane that stayed out in Atlantic Ocean.
 * 2011 – a Category 1 hurricane that never impacted any land.
 * 2017 – a short-lived and weak tropical storm which affected Cuba and South Florida.
 * 2023 – a long-lived storm that affected the northern Leeward Islands and Bermuda, then made landfall in Maine as an extra-tropical cyclone.


 * Phoebe (2004) – a weak offseason crossover cyclone from the South-West Indian Ocean to the Australian region that did not threaten land.


 * Phyan (2009) – a cyclonic storm that made landfall on India and brought heavy rains.


 * Phyllis
 * 1953 – a Category 1 typhoon that made landfall Taiwan and China.
 * 1958 – a Category 5 super typhoon that remained over open waters.
 * 1960 – remained over open waters.
 * 1963 a Category 1 typhoon that affected Philippines.
 * 1966 – had minor effects during the Vietnam War, briefly limiting the number of bombing raids conducted by the United States due to squally weather.
 * 1969 – remained over open waters.
 * 1972 – a Category 4 typhoon struck southeastern Japan.
 * 1975 – was one of seven tropical cyclones in 1975 to pass within range of the Japan Meteorological Agency's (JMA) radar surveillance.
 * 1978 – remained over open waters.
 * 1981 – a strong tropical storm that made landfall Northern Japan.
 * 1984 – remained over open waters.
 * 1987 – a Category 3 typhoon the affecting the Philippines three weeks after Typhoon Nina devastated the archipelago.


 * Pierre
 * 1985 – brushed the coast of Queensland.
 * 2007 – an off-season tropical cyclone that impacted Papua New Guinea.


 * Pilar
 * 1987 – a weak and short-lived tropical storm that dissipated before affecting land.
 * 2017 – minimal tropical storm that brushed the Mexican coastline with heavy rainfall.
 * 2023 – moderate tropical storm that formed near Central America and then moved out to sea, caused heavy rainfall in El Salvador and in other neighboring countries.


 * Pining
 * 1965 – did a loop and only survived 5 days before dissipating.
 * 1969 – remained over open waters.
 * 1977 – a strong but short-lived tropical storm which struck Hong Kong.
 * 1981 – a Category 2 typhoon that caused severe flooding in South Korea.
 * 1985 – a Category 2 Typhoon that caused minor damages in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.
 * 1989 – a strong tropical storm that caused widespread flooding throughout Eastern China.
 * 1993 – remained over open waters.
 * 1997 – a weak tropical storm brought locally heavy rainfall to areas of northern Luzon, resulting in minor flooding.


 * Piper (1996) – did not threaten or impact land.


 * Pitang
 * 1966 – a Category 4 super typhoon that produced heavy rain over Taiwan.
 * 1970† – a Category 5 super typhoon that made landfall on Luzon at peak intensity.


 * Podul
 * 2001 – a super typhoon that did not affect land.
 * 2007 – a short-lived severe tropical storm only recognized by the JMA.
 * 2013 – a weak tropical storm that affected the Philippines and Vietnam.
 * 2019 – a disorganized tropical storm that affected the Philippines.


 * Pola (2019)† – a severe tropical cyclone that affected Tonga.


 * Polly
 * 1952 – a Category 1 typhoon that did not affect land.
 * 1956 – made landfall in Philippines as a category 2 typhoon.
 * 1960 – a Category 4 typhoon that made landfall Eastern China.
 * 1963 – a Category 1 typhoon that impacts were caused primarily by heavy rainfall.
 * 1965 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall Vietnam.
 * 1968 a weak tropical storm dropped heavy rains on the southern islands of Japan.
 * 1971 (January) – formed in the Indian Ocean west of the Keeling Islands.
 * 1971 (August) – a tropical storm that made landfall Korea Peninsula.
 * 1974 – a Category 2 typhoon that made landfall Japan.
 * 1978 – a weak tropical storm that affected southern Japan.
 * 1992 – triggered devastating floods across Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces in China.
 * 1993† – developed in the Australian region of the Coral Sea, crossed into the South Pacific.
 * 1995 – brushed Luzon before curving out to sea.


 * Polo
 * 1984 – a Category 3 hurricane that struck southern Baja California as a tropical depression.
 * 1990 – a low-end Category 1 hurricane that remained at sea.
 * 2008 – a tropical storm that did not threaten land.
 * 2014 – a Category 1 hurricane that paralleled the Mexican coastline but did not make landfall.
 * 2020 – a weak November tropical storm that remained at sea.


 * Pongsona (2002)† – a Category 4 typhoon that caused over US$730 million of damage in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.


 * Pogi (2003)† – PAGASA name for Typhoon Maemi, which heavily impacted South Korea.


 * Prapiroon
 * 2000 – affected the Ryukyu Islands and Korean Peninsula.
 * 2006 – affected China.
 * 2012 – a Category 3 typhoon that meandered in the Philippine Sea.
 * 2018 – a minimal typhoon that brought torrential rainfall towards the Korean Peninsula.
 * 2024 – currently active.


 * Prema
 * 1983 – did not affect any land.
 * 1993† – was among the worst tropical cyclones to hit Vanuatu.


 * Priscilla
 * 1946 – a Category 3 typhoon that went out to sea.
 * 1967 – a hurricane that did not impact land.
 * 1970 – a very weak and short-lived tropical cyclone.
 * 1971 – a Category 3 hurricane which made landfall on Mexico as a tropical storm.
 * 1975 – a tropical storm that did not impact land.
 * 1983 – a Category 3 hurricane which impacted the Southwestern United States despite not making landfall.
 * 1989 – a tropical storm that did not impact land.
 * 2013 – a weak tropical storm that had no impact on land.
 * 2019 – a weak tropical storm that made landfall on Mexico quickly after forming.


 * Prudence (1964) – a strong tropical storm that did not threaten land.


 * Pyarr (2005) – a cyclonic storm that affected eastern India and Bangladesh, killing 84 people.