ElementStacks

HTML

<script src="http://highcharts.com/js/testing.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div>

<button id="button">Set new data</button>

JavaScript

var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({
    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container'
    },

    xAxis: {
        plotBands: [{
            color: '#80FF80',
            from: 7.5,
            to: 4.5}]
    },

    series: [{
        data: []
        //data: [29.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 195.6, 54.4, 29.9, 71.5, 106.4]
        
        //plotBands set up when chart is declared DO NOT work when there's no series data to start
        //swap the comments to demonstrate
        }]
});


// the button action
$('#button').click(function() {
    chart.series[0].setData([129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4, 29.9, 71.5, 106.4]);
    
    //WORKAROUND
    //var i;
    //for(i=chart.options.xAxis.plotBands.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
    //    chart.series[0].xAxis.removePlotBand(chart.options.xAxis.plotBands[i].id);
    //    chart.series[0].xAxis.addPlotBand(chart.options.xAxis.plotBands[i]);
    //}

});