The 1981 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1981, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November.Gary Padgett. http://www.typhoon2000.ph/garyp_mgtcs/may03sum.txt May 2003 Tropical Cyclone Summary. Retrieved 2007-01-05. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.