I'm not clear about wearing arm warmers and leg warmers in the winter...I would not think of wearing these at all in the winter on the northwest coast. This is winter, not fall. When I lived in Vancouver for over 8 yrs., in winter it was better to wear long tights underneath windpants that had some water repellancy. I would wear long sleeved jersey, a fleecy under a medium weight Gortex jacket that I wore for light snowshoeing or winter hiking. Or if was just colder than freezin' by a few degrees, a thicker waterproof cycling jacket with a heavier fleecy underneath.