Highcharts - Weather Symbols series

by Ben Clayton

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>

JavaScript

var file = 'https://staging-vending.lrsdedicated.com/dyn/_pictures/weather-icons/{windex}.svg';

$(function() {
  $('#container').highcharts({
    chart: {
      type: 'spline',
      events: {
        load: function() {
          var s = 0; // this.series.length;
          var series = this.series[s];
          for (var v = 0; v < series.points.length; v++) {
            var p = series.points[v];
            var f = file;
            f=f.replace(/\{windex\}/,p.y);
            p.y = 20;
            p.update({
              marker: {
                width: 40,
                height: 40,
                symbol: 'url(' + f + ')'
              }
            });
          }
        }
      }
    },
    title: {
      text: 'Monthly Average Temperature'
    },
    subtitle: {
      text: 'Source: WorldClimate.com'
    },
    xAxis: {
      categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
        'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
      ]
    },
    yAxis: {
      title: {
        text: 'Temperature'
      },
      labels: {
        formatter: function() {
          return this.value + '°';
        }
      }
    },
    tooltip: {
      crosshairs: true
     },
    plotOptions: {
      spline: {
        marker: {
          radius: 4,
          lineColor: '#666666',
          lineWidth: 1
        }
      }
    },
    series: [{
      name: 'Weather symbol ',
      showInLegend: false,
      lineWidth: 0,
      data: [15, 2, 3, 4, 5, 22, 7, 8, 9, 18, 24, 0]
    }, {
      name: 'London',
      marker: {
        symbol: 'diamond'
      },
      data: [1, 4.2, 5.7, 8.5, 11.9, 15.2, 17, 16.6, 14.2, 10.3, 6.6, 4.8]
    }]
  });
});