2023 Philippine Typhoon Season

The 2023 Pacific typhoon season was a below-than average Pacific typhoon season with only one Category 5, Namtheun. The season's first named storm, Lupit, formed on May 2 and the last storm, Nanmadol, dissipated on December 1.

Storm Names (Philippines)
The PAGASA gives names to storms who enter or form in their Philippine Area of Responsibility. It was used in 2019 and to be used again in 2027. All of the names are here from 2019 except Alina, Carin, Jon, Olit, Rebecca, Afret, and Baguilo, who replaced Amang, Chedeng, Jenny, Onyok, Ramon, Abe and Berto last 2019. After the season, Falcon, Marilyn and Rebecca were retired by PAGASA due to significant deaths or damage.

Typhoon Nanmadol (Rebecca)
Typhoon (JMA)                                                                     Category 4 typhoon (SSWHS)The destructive storm, Nanmadol formed on November 25. By November 26, Tropical Storm Nanmadol intensified into a typhoon, and passed by Guam, becoming the costliest storm since Typhoon Yutu passed by it last 2018. Typhoon Nanmadol intensified in the Philippine Sea, eventually reaching a Category 4 by November 30. By the morning of December 1, Nanmadol (Rebecca) made landfall on Sta. Ana, Cagayan sustaining winds of a Category 5, but on their second report a Category 4. Nanmadol weakened to a Category 4, increasing its movement speed and made landfall in Guangdong, China as a tropical depression, and dissipated soon afterwards.