10 January – The lowest ever Scottish and UK temperature of -27.2 °C is recorded at
Braemar, in
Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895, and the record will be equalled again at
Altnaharra in 1995.[1]
February – first production from the
Fulmar Oil Field in the North Sea.
6 May –
1982 Scottish regional elections, resulting in Labour winning the largest number of local councillors in the regions, followed by the Conservatives.