<page_title> 2012 Pacific typhoon season </page_title> <section_title> Seasonal forecasts </section_title> <table> <cell> 26.2 <col_header> Tropical storms </col_header> </cell> <cell> 16.3 <col_header> Total Typhoons </col_header> </cell> <cell> 8.4 <col_header> Intense TCs </col_header> </cell> <cell> 295 <col_header> ACE </col_header> </cell> <cell> 25.5 <col_header> Tropical storms </col_header> </cell> <cell> 15.6 <col_header> Total Typhoons </col_header> </cell> <cell> 7.3 <col_header> Intense TCs </col_header> </cell> <cell> 262 <col_header> ACE </col_header> </cell> </table>
The TSR released its initial forecast of the season in April, and predicted that the season would see activity below the 1965–2011 average, with 25.5 tropical storms, 15.6 typhoons, 7.3 "intense" TCs and an ACE index of 262.