Data points from Landsat, water quality portal, and national lakes assessment for the surface water temperature model. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: It is too large to be uploaded. It can be accessed through the following means: Code used for the analysis are available from: https://github.com/usepa/sw_model. Format: All work was performed using RStudio version 4.4.1. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Schaeffer, B., H. Ferriby, W. Salls, N. Reynolds, J. Hollister, B. Kreakie, S. Shivers, B. Johnson, O. Cronin-Golomb, K. Meyers, and M. Beal. Evaluating satellite and modeled lake surface water temperature across the contiguous United States. HYDROBIOLOGIA. Springer, New York, NY, USA, 853: 3715–3737, (2026).