The 2017 Pacific typhoon season was an extremely active year of tropical cyclone formation in the Western Pacific ocean. The activity was year-round due to a strong El Niño along the equatorial Pacific - an event in which conditions conducive to tropical cyclone development are spread across the Pacific ocean. The season broke records due to its hyperactivity, with record numbers of storms, typhoons, and super typhoons. Impact was widespread and ruinous as nearly all storms affected land to some degree. The scope of this article is limited to the north of the equator between 100ºE and the 180th meridian. The season also featured crossover storms from the Central Pacific - the most notable was Hurricane/Typhoon Anthony, which, alongside Typhoon Keranique, was one of the strongest tropical c