Don't tell me that's snow flying around? It certainly looks like it but the flakes look strange.
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38645)
Midland, Michigan
May 9, 2021 11:11am CST
It was chilly out last night and getting down to 34 F . It could easily be snow. But this time it isn't, thankfully. It took me a bit to figure out what I was seeing but I think it's cottonseed. It's not as puffy as normal but it doesn't usually begin to blow around here until June at the earliest.
Crazy weather.
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@kobesbuddy (74484)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 May 21
I saw snowflakes spinning through the air last week, but nothing on the ground.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
9 May 21
I might have seen a few flakes last week too but these were different.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
10 May 21
@kobesbuddy yes it has and I don't like it
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@kobesbuddy (74484)
• East Tawas, Michigan
9 May 21
@MarshaMusselman It has dropped down in the thirties every night this week.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
9 May 21
We have the same with apple & cherry blossom. It certainly throws you a bit!
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
9 May 21
You mean when the blossoms blow about?
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May 21
Especially when it's not time for either of them.
@RebeccasFarm (86730)
• United States
9 May 21
Does not surprise me sounds like here..crazy
Happy Mothers Day pal
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
10 May 21
Thanks. Are you a mommy too?
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@mildredtabitha (16049)
• Nairobi, Kenya
9 May 21
The climate has changed. It could be a different type of snow
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
10 May 21
I'm pretty sure it wasn't snow after all.
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@mildredtabitha (16049)
• Nairobi, Kenya
11 May 21
@MarshaMusselman have you found out what it was?
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May 21
@mildredtabitha Like I said before I'm pretty sure it was fluff from the cotton seed tree flying. Someone else said they were flying early this year.
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@Prabhatsingh (3537)
• India
10 May 21
@MarshaMusselman
Yes please keep doing that. 
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@popciclecold (35078)
• United States
9 May 21
We are expecting storms late tonight. Go figure.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
10 May 21
@popciclecold hopefully they passed your area by?
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@kaylachan (57558)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 May 21
This year, weather hasn't been behaving as expected. Unless you live in Florida.
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@FourWalls (62063)
• United States
9 May 21
I just saw that today’s baseball game between the Reds and the Indians in Cleveland has already been postponed due to snow.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
9 May 21
Yikes I heard there were several accidents a few days ago north of us from icy roads out of the blue.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
9 May 21
Yes, from a cotton seed tree. They resemble dandelions that have turned white.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
13 May 21
I've noticed I have dandelions where I've never had them before. I should get outside and dig some up.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
15 May 21
@just4him Maybe but I'm not adding them to any of mine at present.
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@just4him (305792)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
14 May 21
@MarshaMusselman I understand dandelions are great in salads.
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@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
10 May 21
@MarshaMusselman
I am glad it wasn't snow. Is cottonseed a problem?
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
11 May 21
@Hannihar n normally may is better too. This is just a crazy year. Starting tomorrow the temps will go up again and be in the seventies by the weekend but it was sleeping when I came to work. At least it was brief.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
10 May 21
It's messy and collects on screens blocking the view. It can cover the ground and resemble snow that way too but not normally until June.
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@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
11 May 21
@MarshaMusselman
In June is the weather much much better until when? It does not sound like much fun.
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@arunima25 (85265)
• Bangalore, India
9 May 21
Well, those cottonseed tricked you 
. Thankfully, it's not snow and that makes you happy.India is going for its peak summer in coming few weeks. Glad that our city is pleasant throughout year and we don't get extreme temperatures like other parts of our country.
. Thankfully, it's not snow and that makes you happy.India is going for its peak summer in coming few weeks. Glad that our city is pleasant throughout year and we don't get extreme temperatures like other parts of our country.2 people like this
@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
13 May 21
Like flowers from trees out other things?
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
10 May 21
Saturday afternoon we had a couple of downpours. The wind blew cold and there was a wintry feel to the air.
Suddenly, around dinner I looked out of the window to see snow. Not what I wanted to see.Yesterday was rainy...today I see blue sky and sunshine.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
10 May 21
So your weather is crazy there too.
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
13 May 21
Similar to here. A day or two of warmth mixed in with the rest of the week in the fifties. For the next ten days the temps will be higher maybe now it will stay that way.
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@Belexhanns (3431)
• Kampala, Uganda
9 May 21
OK, hope the weather is good there
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@Loti24 (152)
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14 May 21
Do you want to hear about my strange experience? The weather is so moody here, rain, sun change 100 x per day. And here I am sitting on the porch and something white, pieces around me flying. First I thought it's snowing, but not. Do you know what was?
Don't laugh, dandelion. Yep, all dandelion's white parts were surrounding me.
Do me a favour, I'm not a native English speaker, how do you call these white parts of dandelion in Michigan?
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@MarshaMusselman (38645)
• Midland, Michigan
17 May 21
I don't remember the right term at present. I call it dandelion fluff. They're also called Tufts and parachutes but some as the seeds are inside and more will grow from it blowing about.
