The intense and widespread rain over the southern peninsula in March is the highest rainfall recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu since 1875.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/wettest-march-133-years
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu