Brian,
First off, yes, you can retrieve the record and record_year info in the same manner.
I need some clarification on your other questions. What do you mean by "Are both almanac and warnings also under "conditions" as well?" What does this refer to?
As far as using this data, that's easy, but it depends on how you're presenting it. What's the URL to your website? And is the "climate section of your archives" the climate subfolder under the archives folder of your VWS directory?
Steve