The translucency ("whiteness") of falling snow changes if there's a light source close to the player. If there's no lighting, the snow is nearly completely opaque, but when there's some form of lighting, it's almost fully transparent.
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Please provide a screenshot of this occurring with your F3 debug screen enabled.

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Duplicate of MC-165924