 During this season , the first tropical cyclone formed on March 16 , and the last one dissipated on December 12 . A total of 29 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific , of which 25 became tropical storms . 19 storms reached typhoon intensity , of which 2 reached super typhoon strength . Two @-@ thirds of the tropical cyclones formed between July and October . Typhoon Pamela was the longest @-@ lived tropical cyclone of the season . Sixteen of the cyclones struck land during their life cycles , with eight moving through the Philippines . Tropical cyclones accounted for 35 percent of the 1982 rainfall across Hong Kong , their fifth wettest tropical cyclone contribution on record at the time . Nearly half of the deaths during the season were the result of Typhoon Nancy moving through the Philippines and Vietnam in October . 
