It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1996, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.

[1] 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.

Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

The convection developed into a low pressure area and was at first bombarded by wind shear, but conditions soon turned favorable which allowed it to strengthen rapidly on February 27 before becoming a Tropical depression later that day.

The JMA upgraded 01W into a Tropical Storm before it drifted over the Philippines on February 29, and weakened slightly due to land interaction.

The exposed remnants of 01W continued to drift south, before being completely absorbed by the Intertropical Convergence Zone.

Making landfall on April 7th, it caused widespread flooding and landslides, leading to over 1,000 fatalities.

Ann was the second tropical cyclone to affect the Philippines that year, highlighting the region's vulnerability to such weather events.

Typhoon Bart, also known as Konsing, was a tropical cyclone that formed in the Western Pacific Ocean in 1996.

While it didn't make landfall, it was a significant storm that tracked northwestward across the open ocean.

Rapidly weakening over the mountains, Eve turned eastward over the islands and the last warning was issued on the 20th.

[5] An active monsoon trough over the Western Pacific Ocean developed 3 typhoons; Frankie, Gloria, and Herb.

After crossing the island of Hainan Frankie rapidly intensified to a 100 mph typhoon, 945 millibar over the Gulf of Tonkin.

104 people were reported killed or missing in association with Frankie,[4] and damage figures in Vietnam are estimated at over 16.65 trillion (US$1.4 billion) (1996 US Dollars).

It continued slowly northwestward, and while curving to the northeast Kirk reached a peak of 110 mph winds.

Kirk caused heavy flooding, resulting in at least 2 deaths and ¥20.6 billion (USD$134 million) in damage.

Though small and somewhat weak, Marty managed to cause severe damage and flooding, amounting to the deaths of 125 with 107 people missing.

Sally brought heavy rain and damage to China, causing 114 casualties, 110 people missing, and economic losses estimated at $1.5 billion (1996 USD).

An active monsoon trough that also developed Typhoons Tom (25W) and Violet (26W) spawned a tropical depression in the Gulf of Tonkin on September 16.

The PAGASA recorded sustained winds of 120 km/h (75 mph) as the storm impacted the northeastern portion of Cagayan.

A tropical depression formed on December 21, when a low-level circulation center began to produce deep convection.

The depression strengthened into a tropical storm the next day, and was given the name Fern by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC).

The storm slowly intensified into a Category 1 typhoon on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, according to JTWC.

Fern peaked north of Yap on December 26, with JTWC assessing winds of 150 km/h (90 mph), while the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) assessed peak winds of 110 km/h (70 mph), just below typhoon strength.

Two active monsoon troughs that also developed Typhoon Fern and Southern Hemisphere Cyclones Ophelia, Phil, and Fergus spawned Tropical Depression 43W in the South China Sea on December 21.

Due to the troughs' nature, the depression headed east-southeastward, where it strengthened into the final tropical storm of the year on the 24th; Greg.

Greg caused extensive property damage on Borneo from torrential flooding, resulting in 127 deaths and 100 people missing.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility.

This table summarizes all the systems that developed within or moved into the North Pacific Ocean, to the west of the International Date Line during 1996.