In 1936, there were 33 tropical cyclones across the northwestern Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the International Date Line, including two that persisted from the previous year.

In August, a typhoon in the South China Sea caused several shipwrecks, killing 68 people.

The westernmost one originated on December 29, and moved through the Visayas in the central Philippines before dissipating on January 3 in the South China Sea.

The system moved northwestward, crossing the eastern Visayas and Luzon before dissipating late on April 22.

The system moved to the northwest, brushing Luzon on July 4, but sparing the island from strong winds.

The typhoon moved across the Luzon Strait before weakening, making landfall in southeastern China near Shantou on July 5.

On July 8, the S.S. Barentsz encountered the storm, observing a minimum pressure of 970 mbar (28.65 inHg) as well as typhoon-force winds.

On the next day, the typhoon made landfall in northeastern Luzon near Tuguegarao, Cagayan, where an anemometer recorded a pressure of 991 mbar (29.27 inHg).

The typhoon weakened after crossing Luzon, eventually moving northward into China on July 10, where it soon dissipated.

The system moved northwestward and intensified, later turning northward through Japan's Ryukyu Islands on July 21.

After turning northeastward, the typhoon passed near the west coast of Kyushu before entering the Sea of Japan on July 23.

The storm wrecked fishing boats and also washed a navy ship and a submarine ashore the city of Sasebo.

On August 12, the typhoon moved through the Batanes islands, with a pressure of 995 mbar (29.34 inHg) reported at Basco.

The system quickly intensified, and was already at typhoon intensity by the time it passed 120 mi (195 km) south of Yap.

On August 15, the Fathomer rode out the storm at Port San Vicente, recording a minimum pressure of 913 mbar (26.96 inHg).

Curving northwestward, the typhoon eventually passed near northeastern Luzon on August 16, just four days after another storm in the region.

Across the region, the typhoon grounded, damaged, or destroyed 60 ships, while also wrecking houses and buildings.

On August 27, the typhoon struck what is now South Korea, and quickly crossed the Korean peninsula into the Sea of Japan.

The depression crossed China's Hainan island on September 6, and a day later moved ashore what is now northern Vietnam.

For the next four days, the system meandered without much development, eventually taking a northwest path on September 27 toward the Ryukyu Islands.

The typhoon turned northeastward and brushed the coast of southern Honshu, passing south of Tokyo on October 3.

[26] Across Japan, the typhoon killed 70 people, including 60 fatalities related to the sinking of the Kashima Maru.

While moving over Luzon, the typhoon dropped heavy rainfall that led to extensive river flooding, resulting in 546 fatalities.

Across Luzon, the typhoon caused flooding along rivers, with five towns isolated and hundreds of houses destroyed.

Curving to the north, the typhoon passed southeast of Japan's Bonin Islands, before turning northeastward.

Two days later, the typhoon recurved and accelerated northeastward, passing 60 mi (95 km) southeast of Okinawa.

[34] On November 2, the Thistlebrae encountered a typhoon east of the Marianas Islands, reporting a pressure of 980 hPa (28.94 inHg).

After turning to the north, the typhoon passed near the Bonin Islands on November 22, where a nearby ship recorded a pressure of 991 hPa (29.26 inHg).

Over the next few days, it moved through the Philippines, until it was last observed on November 30 near Palawan Island in the South China Sea.

Two days later, the typhoon moved through the central Philippines, producing heavy rainfall that led to flooding.