| Basin: | WPac |
| Year: | 1942 |
| First Storm Formed: | January 25, 1942 |
| Last Storm Dissipated: | December 17, 1942 |
| Average Wind Speed: | 1 |
| Total Storms: | 30 |
| Damagespre: | > |
| Five Seasons: | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 |
| Atlantic Season: | 1942 Atlantic hurricane season |
| East Pacific Season: | 1942–48 Pacific hurricane seasons |
| North Indian Season: | 1940s North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons |
The 1942 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1942, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. 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 1942 Pacific hurricane season.
There were 30 tropical cyclones in the western Pacific in 1942.[1] Nine tropical storms are reported in August, which made it the most active August known at the time.[2]
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | January 25 |
| Dissipated: | January 29 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 60 |
The storm didn't really affect that much but it affected the Caroline Islands during late-January 1942.[3]
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | April 8 |
| Dissipated: | April 13 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 55 |
This storm is very similar to Tropical Storm One. It has the very same track but it is slightly towards the east and affected the Caroline Islands.[4]
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | July 28 |
| Dissipated: | July 30 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 55 |
A storm formed north of the Philippines on July 28. It impacted Hainan and southern China on July 29–30, as it was dissipating.[5]
| Basin: | WPac |
| Formed: | December 13 |
| Dissipated: | December 17 |
| 1-Min Winds: | 55 |
The final storm of the season developed on December 13 east of Mindanao, Philippines or in the Philippine Sea. It moved in a fast, northward direction. On the 15th, it moved west, and then west the next day. It finally dissipated early on the December 17, due to vertical windshear.[6]