MATLAB: Define a plot object but do not show the plot

Question

I have a speradsheet

column 1 = day

column 2 = temperature

column 3 = rainfall

I want to define

plot_temperature=plot(day, temperature)

plot_rainfall=plot(day, rainfall)

But I do not want to display these two plots when I define these objects. Please advise.

Answer 1

plot_temperature=plot(day, temperature, 'Visible', 'off');
plot_rainfall=plot(day, rainfall, 'Visible', 'off');

Or if you don't even want a figure to show:

f = figure('Visible', 'off');
ax = axes(f);
plot_temperature=plot(ax, day, temperature);
plot_rainfall=plot(ax, day, rainfall);