Recent findings show a decrease in severe weather in Texas this year.So far, the number of tornadoes and hurricanes occurring on Texas soil in 2018 have been well below average. Different factors contribute to the low number of severe weather events happening this year, according to regents professor of atmospheric sciences John Nielsen-Gammon. Since 2000, Nielsen-Gammon has served as Texas’ state climatologist.“With tornadoes, the weather patterns weren’t favorable,” Nielsen-Gammon said.