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.
With a group of thirty-three men, he entered Kentucky early in 1865. In May a Unionist irregular force surprised his group near Taylorsville, Kentucky, and in the ensuing battle William Quantrill was shot through the spine. He died at the military prison at Louisville, Kentucky, on June 6, 1865. He is buried at the Missouri Confederate Soldiers Memorial in Higginsville, Missouri.