On average, there are 280 sunny days per year in Avra Valley, Arizona. The July high is around 104 degrees. The January low is 38. Sperling's comfort index for Avra Valley is a 76 out of 100, where a higher score indicates a more comfortable year-around climate. The US average for the comfort index is 54.
He was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Caroline Mary Cooke Whipple (no dates on stone), is buried with him. His son, Herbert Sydney Whipple (also no dates on the stone), Major, United States Army, is also buried in this site.
A church has stood on this site for many centuries, but only the lower west tower remains from the Norman period, the rest of the church being rebuilt between 1865 and 1870. Charlotte Bronte worshipped here when visiting friends Mary Taylor and Ellen Nussey who lived nearby. Ellenâs grave is in fact in the churchyard, as is that of Charlotteâs teacher, Margaret Wooler. Charlotte renames it âBriarfield Churchâ in her novel âShirleyâ.