Snow animation

snow.html

<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>

snow.js

(function() {
    var requestAnimationFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame || window.mozRequestAnimationFrame || window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame || window.msRequestAnimationFrame ||
    function(callback) {
        window.setTimeout(callback, 1000 / 60);
    };
    window.requestAnimationFrame = requestAnimationFrame;
})();


var flakes = [],
    canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"),
    ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"),
    flakeCount = 400,
    mX = -100,
    mY = -100

    canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
    canvas.height = window.innerHeight;

function snow() {
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);

    for (var i = 0; i < flakeCount; i++) {
        var flake = flakes[i],
            x = mX,
            y = mY,
            minDist = 150,
            x2 = flake.x,
            y2 = flake.y;

        var dist = Math.sqrt((x2 - x) * (x2 - x) + (y2 - y) * (y2 - y)),
            dx = x2 - x,
            dy = y2 - y;

        if (dist < minDist) {
            var force = minDist / (dist * dist),
                xcomp = (x - x2) / dist,
                ycomp = (y - y2) / dist,
                deltaV = force / 2;

            flake.velX -= deltaV * xcomp;
            flake.velY -= deltaV * ycomp;

        } else {
            flake.velX *= .98;
            if (flake.velY <= flake.speed) {
                flake.velY = flake.speed
            }
            flake.velX += Math.cos(flake.step += .05) * flake.stepSize;
        }

        ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(255,255,255," + flake.opacity + ")";
        flake.y += flake.velY;
        flake.x += flake.velX;
            
        if (flake.y >= canvas.height || flake.y <= 0) {
            reset(flake);
        }


        if (flake.x >= canvas.width || flake.x <= 0) {
            reset(flake);
        }

        ctx.beginPath();
        ctx.arc(flake.x, flake.y, flake.size, 0, Math.PI * 2);
        ctx.fill();
    }
    requestAnimationFrame(snow);
};

function reset(flake) {
    flake.x = Math.floor(Math.random() * canvas.width);
    flake.y = 0;
    flake.size = (Math.random() * 3) + 2;
    flake.speed = (Math.random() * 1) + 0.5;
    flake.velY = flake.speed;
    flake.velX = 0;
    flake.opacity = (Math.random() * 0.5) + 0.3;
}

function init() {
    for (var i = 0; i < flakeCount; i++) {
        var x = Math.floor(Math.random() * canvas.width),
            y = Math.floor(Math.random() * canvas.height),
            size = (Math.random() * 3) + 2,
            speed = (Math.random() * 1) + 0.5,
            opacity = (Math.random() * 0.5) + 0.3;

        flakes.push({
            speed: speed,
            velY: speed,
            velX: 0,
            x: x,
            y: y,
            size: size,
            stepSize: (Math.random()) / 30,
            step: 0,
            opacity: opacity
        });
    }

    snow();
};

canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", function(e) {
    mX = e.clientX,
    mY = e.clientY
});

window.addEventListener("resize",function(){
    canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
    canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
})

init();

style.css

body{margin:0;height:100%;}
canvas{
    position:absolute;top:0;left:0
    background-image: linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(105,173,212) 0%, rgb(23,82,145) 84%);
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(105,173,212) 0%, rgb(23,82,145) 84%);
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(105,173,212) 0%, rgb(23,82,145) 84%);
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(105,173,212) 0%, rgb(23,82,145) 84%);
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(bottom, rgb(105,173,212) 0%, rgb(23,82,145) 84%);
    
    background-image: -webkit-gradient(
        linear,
        left bottom,
        left top,
        color-stop(0, rgb(105,173,212)),
        color-stop(0.84, rgb(23,82,145))
    );
}