Story highlights An Italian weather website says the snowfall measured 100.8 inches

The world record for 24 hours of snow is 75.8 inches, set in Colorado in 1921

(CNN) The next time the people of Capracotta, Italy, hear the folks in Boston complain about a snow season of more than 100 inches, they'll be like: "That's nice. We've been known to get that much in one day."

In 18 hours, actually.

It's not an official record yet, but it looks like the Italian village got 100.8 inches (256 centimeters) on Thursday, setting the all-time mark for most snow in 24 hours. Pescocostanzo, about 21 miles (34.6 kilometers) away, only got 94.5 inches (240 cm).

That's more than Boston got in January and February combined, but just short of the 105.7 inches the city totaled so far for the whole season.

One of the photos posted on MeteoWeb, the Italian weather website that reported the immense snowfall, showed a resident standing on top of the accumulation shaking hands with a neighbor. She is in a second-story window.

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