I recall an A320 FO telling me about an approach into Perth in Ansett days. The 1000' wind (yes one thousand feet) was 120 kts. The turbulence was so bad, coming over the hills, eyeball-bounce meant they could not read any instruments, but the auto-pilot kept them on the rails.
I've seen many crappy days, but the worst was 70 kts of cross-wind at 500' (30 kts on the ground). The drift on becoming visual at 500' was something to behold. The FO called out that he couldn't see the runway. I told him to look out his side window, and sure enough...
