It had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1948, 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.

[4] All ships in these islands were instructed to escape to Sangley Point due to the approaching typhoon.

Pearl originated from a tropical depression located south of the Northern Mariana Islands on July 1.

Weakening occurred after this landfall, and by the time Pearl struck what is now South Korea, it was a minimal tropical storm.

[7] Once Pearl struck near the city, dozens were injured due to the typhoon's high winds.

Elsewhere, surge produced by Pearl killed ten people (one of them a missionary) when their boat, which was off the coast of Luzon, capsized.

Post analysis showed that Tropical Storm Dolores was north of the forecast location and was synonymous with the system assigned Eunice.