The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator between 100°E and the International Date Line.

Tropical depressions that form in the basin were given a number with a "W" suffix by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

If a depression intensified into a tropical storm, it would be assigned a name by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

In addition, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigned names to tropical cyclones which were in their area of responsibility.

Because the JMA runs the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for the Western Pacific, they assigned names to these systems once they intensified into a tropical storm.