Record Winds At Fraserburgh In 1989
By Paul Homewood
The Great Storm of 1987 and the Burns Day in 1990 will be remembered for a long time. But others from that era have been forgotten, such as the record breaking storm in January 1989.
Mark Vogan has it in his list of the UK’s worst storms:
http://www.markvoganweather.com/2017/10/24/uk-irelands-most-powerful-storms-of-the-last-34-years/
The Met Office’s monthly weather report gives a bit more detail:
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It clearly was not just a fluky gust. The average winds at Fraserburgh were 66 kts, 76 mph, making it hurricane force.
Up the coast at Lossiemouth, winds reached 90 mph, and many locations in Scotland had 80 mph winds.
Even down in northern England, the storm was nearly as strong, with 77 mph winds at Blyth, 80 mph in Leeds and 84 mph at Fleetwood.
The winds that day still stand as the highest wind speeds on record in the UK:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-extremes
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
173mph recorded on 20th March 1986 at the Cairngorm weather station seems to be the record.
Yes, Fraserburgh is the lowland record though (which is defined as below 500m)
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-extremes
Though how they define low-level sites as 499m is a mystery to me!
There were winds of 190 MPH plus recorded in Shetland, unfortunately, the station blew away before it was verified? After fifteen years in the Highlands and Islands one plus is not unusual.
O/T…good news….Skidmore’s resigned as an MP. Going to spend more time with what’s left of his lobbying earnings…£80k a year!
I suppose we must call his legacy his skidmark. Apt given how his policy has left the country.