The winter months tend to feature colder temperatures, which means that precipitation will likely fall as ice or snow. While traditional windshield wiper blades are adequate for removing rain or light snow off of your vehicle, they may not be ideal for removing heavy ice or snow.
Therefore, you should strongly consider buying winter windshield wipers. They are designed to stay intact even when the temperature drops below freezing for several hours or days at a time. Furthermore, they are designed to not stick or freeze to the windshield even if there is ice on the blade or the windshield.
This means that you won’t have to spend time chopping ice off of your wiper blades before you go to work in the morning. Another benefit to winter wiper blades is that they won’t streak or otherwise ruin glass, which means that you’ll be able to see where you're going.