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Leaving Cert Geography: Climate

How often Climate comes up on the Geography papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 10 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

OL Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

June 2028 is the first exam on the new Geography course. These come from the 2016–2026 papers, so read them as a guide.

Climate, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Climate.

(a)Climate type found in Ireland?
  1. Mediterranean
  2. Cool temperate oceanic
  3. Cool temperate continental
(b)Rainfall caused when moist air is forced to rise over mountains?
  1. Frontal rainfall
  2. Convectional rainfall
  3. Relief rainfall
(c)Rainfall formed where warm and cold air masses meet along a front?
  1. Frontal rainfall
  2. Convectional rainfall
  3. Relief rainfall
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(a) Cool temperate oceanic

(b) Relief rainfall

(c) Frontal rainfall

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Climate.

Higher Level

Asked on 10 of the last 10 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026SQ10
2025SQ10
2024SQ10, Q5B
2023SQ10
2022SQ10
2021SQ10
2019SQ10
2018SQ10, Q4C
2017SQ10
2016SQ9, Q6B

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Climate questions

Climate, 2 marks

Instrument used to measure air pressure?

  1. A hygrometer
  2. An anemometer
  3. A barometer
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A barometer

Pressure is measured in hectopascals. A hygrometer measures humidity and an anemometer measures wind speed.

Climate, 2 marks

Average weather conditions of a place measured over at least 30 years?

  1. Its microclimate
  2. Its climate
  3. Its weather
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Its climate

Weather is the day-to-day state of the air. Climate is the long-term average, usually worked out over 30 years or more.

Climate, 3 marks

Warm, dry wind that blows down the sheltered side of mountains such as the Alps?

  1. The foehn wind
  2. The mistral
  3. The sirocco
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The foehn wind

Air loses moisture as it rises over the mountains, then warms quickly as it sinks, so it arrives warm and dry.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 10 of the last 10 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026SQ10, SQ12
2025SQ10
2024SQ10
2023SQ9, SQ12
2022SQ10
2021SQ9, SQ11
2019SQ10
2018SQ6, SQ8
2017SQ11
2016SQ7, SQ11

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Climate questions

Climate, 2 marks

Ocean current that helps to keep Irish winters mild?

  1. The Labrador Current
  2. The Canaries Current
  3. The North Atlantic Drift
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The North Atlantic Drift

This warm current flows north-east across the Atlantic, and the prevailing south-westerly winds carry its warmth over Ireland in winter.

Climate, 2 marks

Direction that the prevailing winds in Ireland blow from?

  1. The east
  2. The south-west
  3. The north-east
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The south-west

Winds blow most often off the Atlantic from the south-west, so they are mild and moist and the west coast gets the heaviest rainfall.

Climate, 2 marks

Part of Ireland that receives the most rainfall?

  1. The west
  2. The east
  3. The midlands
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The west

Moist south-westerly winds off the Atlantic meet high ground first in the west and are forced to rise, so they cool and drop heavy relief rain.

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