Try instead .eq().
$('#someTable tbody .graphedRow').eq(pointIndex+1).css('background-color', '#FEFF9F');
Although it should be noted that eq()starts with 0 for the index.
There was a small check in Firebug.
:nth-childin this case a little faster than .eq(). (Hundreds of ms faster)
It also :nth-childworked fine, but it bases its index on all child elements #someTable tbody. It just returns those that have a class .graphedRow.
, JSFiddle, 6 <tr> <tbody>, .graphedRow ( 1-, 4- 6- <tr>). :nth-child(1), :nth-child(4), :nth-child(6), .
:nth-child - #someTable tbody (Other <tr>, )
- .eq() , .graphedRow #someTable tbody