That’s the handiwork of the cottonwood tree. While there are other trees that disperse their seeds in a similar way, “the fluff that you’re seeing right now in giant amounts is cottonwood ...

It isn’t snow. The fluff is from female eastern cottonwood trees. The tree’s seeds are blanketed by thin white floss, sort of like a dandelion, allowing them to hitch a ride on the breeze away ...