The 2016 Pacific Typhoon season was a slightly above average Typhoon season, despite a unusually late start to the season. The season had 29 Depressions, 23 named storms, 15 Typhoons, and 8 Super Typhoons. The season also set a new record for strongest worldwide Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone ever, as one had winds of over 220 mph. In the season, the total of Super Typhoons tied that of the previous season, despite being less active than the 2015 Pacific Typhoon Season. The 2016 Pacific Typhoon season remained near average and fell short of expectations, despite a strong Modoki El Nino over the Pacific, a rarer type of El Nino in which the warm waters with a El Nino are focused farther west and Generating unfavorable conditions for development in the East Pacific rather than the North Atlantic.