▁on ▁September   1 6 . ▁The ▁storm ▁under w ent ▁an ▁e y ew all ▁replacement ▁cycle ▁later ▁that ▁day , ▁tempor arily ▁hal ting ▁the ▁storm ' s ▁development . ▁By ▁ 0 6 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   1 7 , ▁however , ▁Kenneth ▁att ained ▁major ▁h urr icane ▁status , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   UTC ▁the ▁next ▁morning , ▁it ▁att ained ▁its ▁peak ▁as ▁a ▁Category   4 ▁h urr icane ▁with ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 1 3 0   m ph ▁( 2 1 5   km / h ). ▁ ▁Ste ering ▁curr ents ▁col lapsed ▁after ▁peak , ▁causing ▁the ▁storm ▁to ▁move ▁er rat ically , ▁but ▁generally ▁toward ▁the ▁west . ▁Kenneth ▁fell ▁to ▁tropical ▁storm ▁intensity ▁late ▁on ▁September   2 0 , ▁but ▁a ▁brief ▁repr ieve ▁in ▁these ▁wind s ▁allowed ▁it ▁to ▁reg ain ▁h urr icane ▁strength ▁early ▁on ▁September   2 5 . ▁The ▁h urr icane ▁entered ▁the ▁central ▁Pacific ▁on ▁September   2 6 ▁and ▁weak ened ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁storm ▁again ▁as ▁south - s outh w ester ly ▁wind ▁she ar ▁increased . ▁After ▁little ▁change ▁in ▁strength ▁for ▁several ▁days , ▁Kenneth ▁weak ened ▁to ▁a ▁tropical ▁de pression ▁early ▁on ▁September   2 9 ▁and ▁ultimately ▁diss ip ated ▁just ▁east ▁of ▁Hawai i ▁by ▁ 0 0 : 0 0   UTC ▁on ▁September   3 1 . ▁The ▁rem n