diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts
index aec004286a8..9b247c456b0 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/actionTypes.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export interface LoadExploreDataSourcesPayload {
 
 export interface RunQueriesPayload {
   exploreId: ExploreId;
+  range: TimeRange;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
index 0a430725155..c6e8827a57d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/actions.ts
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ export function runQueries(exploreId: ExploreId, ignoreUIState = false): ThunkRe
       supportsTable,
       datasourceError,
       containerWidth,
+      range,
     } = getState().explore[exploreId];
 
     if (datasourceError) {
@@ -576,7 +577,10 @@ export function runQueries(exploreId: ExploreId, ignoreUIState = false): ThunkRe
     // but we're using the datasource interval limit for now
     const interval = datasourceInstance.interval;
 
-    dispatch(runQueriesAction({ exploreId }));
+    const timeZone = getTimeZone(getState().user);
+    const updatedRange = getTimeRange(timeZone, range.raw);
+
+    dispatch(runQueriesAction({ exploreId, range: updatedRange }));
     // Keep table queries first since they need to return quickly
     const tableQueriesPromise =
       (ignoreUIState || showingTable) && supportsTable
diff --git a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
index c63b5fe4a1c..7f50d612abd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/explore/state/reducers.ts
@@ -568,8 +568,9 @@ export const itemReducer = reducerFactory<ExploreItemState>({} as ExploreItemSta
   })
   .addMapper({
     filter: runQueriesAction,
-    mapper: (state): ExploreItemState => {
-      const { range, datasourceInstance, containerWidth } = state;
+    mapper: (state, action): ExploreItemState => {
+      const { range } = action.payload;
+      const { datasourceInstance, containerWidth } = state;
       let interval = '1s';
       if (datasourceInstance && datasourceInstance.interval) {
         interval = datasourceInstance.interval;
@@ -577,6 +578,7 @@ export const itemReducer = reducerFactory<ExploreItemState>({} as ExploreItemSta
       const queryIntervals = getIntervals(range, interval, containerWidth);
       return {
         ...state,
+        range,
         queryIntervals,
       };
     },