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The 2016 Pacific typhoon season is a current event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation, in which tropical cyclones form in the western Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 2016, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator between 100°E and 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 10-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin, whilst the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N–25°N regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JMA. Tropical depressions that are monitored by the United States' Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) are given a number with a "W" suffix. The first system formed on May 26, making it the fifth latest start for a Pacific typhoon season in the satellite era; only the 1973, 1983, 1984 and 1998 seasons started later. However the first named tropical storm, Nepartak, did not develop until July 3, making it the second latest season for a named storm to develop. Nepartak's naming tied the record 199-day period (from December 17, 2015 to July 2, 2016) in which a named storm was inactive within the basin (1997–98).