How to set a static minimum value for axes in Highcharts

Question

I have time-based data that ranges from 1 to 500. Time is plotted on the x axis and the values are on the y axis.

When the range between the minimum and maximum data

Answer 1

I am amazed how difficult this is. Not an optimal solution, but the best I can dream up with HighChart's api:

var someData = [1,5,82,9,300,5,42,199,5,6,99,1,56,52,250,64];

var chart = new Highcharts.Chart({

    chart: {
        renderTo: 'container'
    },
    yAxis:{
        min: -10,
        tickInterval: 1,
        labels: {
            formatter: function() {
                if (this.value < someData[0])
                    return null;
                else if (this.value == someData[0])
                    return this.value;
                else if (this.value % 50 == 0)
                    return this.value;
            }
        }
    },
    series: [{
        data: someData
    }]

});