JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://rawgit.com/nnnick/Chart.js/v1.0.2/Chart.min.js"></script>
<canvas id="myChart" height="450" width="600"></canvas>

JavaScript

function getActualData() {
    var actualData = []
    for (var m = 0; m < 20; m++)
        actualData.push(45 + parseInt(Math.random() * 35))
        return actualData;
}


var ANIMATIONSTEPS = 200;

var myLineChart;
var labels;
var animationStep;
setInterval(function () {
    if (myLineChart === undefined) {
        var actualData = getActualData();
        
        // if we have only a few data points interpolate to fill out enough points to make the animation smooth
        var interpolationSteps = Math.ceil(ANIMATIONSTEPS / actualData.length);
        labels = []
        var data = []
        var blankData = []
        for (var i = 0; i < (actualData.length - 1); i++) {
            labels.push('')
            data.push(actualData[i])
            blankData.push(null)
            
            // push interpolation
            var difference = actualData[i + 1] - actualData[i];
            var interpolationStep = 1 / interpolationSteps;
            for (var j = 1; j < interpolationSteps; j++) {
                labels.push('')
                data.push(actualData[i] + difference * Chart.helpers.easingEffects["linear"](j * interpolationStep));
                blankData.push(null)
            }
        }
        labels.push('')
        data.push(actualData[i])
        blankData.push(null)
        
        var data = {
            labels: labels,
            datasets: [
                {
                    strokeColor: "rgba(243, 118, 27, 1)",
                    data: blankData
                },
                {
                    strokeColor: "transparent",
                    data: data
                }
            ]
        };
        
        var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart").getContext("2d");
        myLineChart = new Chart(ctx).Line(data, {
            animation: false,
            datasetFill: false,
            pointDot: false,
            datasetStrokeWidth: 5,
            showTooltips: false,
            scaleOverride: true,
           ...