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.

There were 23 tropical cyclones in 1944 in the western Pacific, including Typhoon Cobra.

The storm formed southwest of Micronesia, turned to the north and the west of Palau and made landfall in Mindanao.

[3] There are many indications that this system was not tropical, such as attached fronts throughout its entire noted life.