The first named storm and typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Nepartak developed into a tropical storm south of Guam on July 3 and ended a record-tied 199-day period without a named storm over the basin, tied with the 1997--1998 interval.
The first named storm and typhoon of the annual typhoon season, Nepartak formed as a tropical depression during July 2 in the Caroline Islands and strengthened to a tropical storm the following day. Nepartak's naming ended a record-tied 199-day period without a named storm over the basin, tied with the 1997--1998 interval.